> On Feb 24, 2019, at 22:49, David Steele <david@pgmasters.net> wrote:
> This is a good idea -- but I'm still a bit mystified why the ability to run a backup in shell script is considered to
bea hard requirement. Just about any language you can name performs non-exclusive backups with ease -- except shell.
Perhapsthe problem is with the language?
Many installations have a high degree of discomfort implementing system management functionality in something other
thanbash. It can be for any number of reasons: previous bad experiences (*cough* RHEL/Python *cough*), the feeling
thattoo many dependencies are dragged in, or just lack of familiarity with them.
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