   Writing command scripts for windows
  Hello,I'm totally new to writing script. What I need, basically, is a way to automate a certain number of tasks like starting a service, making a backup, zip-ing files and renaming the zip with the date of the day, updating a folder with the source control last version, building my application.I've looked into Batch files but they've left me pretty unsatisfied. I have of course heard of python, Perl... Would these language fit my needs ? Plus it would be a nice opportunity for me to discover these. Which one would you advise ? What do I need to get started ?Or should it be VB scripts ? Or another microsoft technology ?As you can see a've got a lot of questions, so if you got any advice for me, please shoot !(BTW I'm running windows XP Pro, if that matters at all)Thanks in advance :)Janta   
  For things like that I would suggest Perl.Its perfect for that kind of things. Python can also be used of course.   ;  I would recommend Windows Powershell. It's the future of scripting on Windows.   ;  I would also recommend Perl. It's a very useful skill to have, regardless of whether you're working on games or something else. There are definitely interpreters for windows, but I have no idea what the standard is. The one 'windows' company I've worked at (and this was years ago) used ActivePerl in part of their build process.   