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Linux Journal: <i>Building Network Management Tools with Tcl/Tk</i>

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 26, 1999

Building Network Management Tools with Tcl/Tk

Authors: Dave Zeltserman and Gerard Puoplo
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0130807273
325 pages

From the Linux Journal review:

“The stated target audience for this book is the systems administrator or network consultant who needs to develop network management software… “A third audience for this book is engineers interested in the design of network management software.”

“This book provides a comprehensive overview of the use of Tcl/Tk to develop both stand-alone and web-based network management tools. If you are a network consultant or system administrator, it should provide you with a good starting point for the development of custom tools… you should be able to start with the code from any of their sample applications and tweak it into the network management tool that best meets your needs.

“For readers wanting an introduction to Tcl/Tk and SNMP, I think this book serves well…”

Complete Linux Journal review.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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