Hello,

getting sick of reinventing the wheel every time I had to write a TSM script
in PERL, I've put some effort in creating a collection of TSM related PERL
modules, which are ready to be released in a beta version. The currently
implemented features  are

1. User/Password handling
2. Interface to the administrative console
3. Select into an array of hashes with the column names as keys (for
non-unique select commands)
4. Select into an existing hash of hashes with the first column as the
unique identifier, which can be used to compose one output out of 2
different tables, e.g. libvolumes and volumes.

Are there any objections to introduce a new PERL namespace TSM at CPAN?
There are basically 2 approaches:

1. Having all features in one Module "TSM".
2. Having 2 Modules, TSM for the basic features 1 and 2, and a derived
module TSM::Select for the features 3 and 4.

Approach 1 is easier to implement, however approach 2 is more flexible in
regards of future efforts of others (your assistant will be appreciated).
What do you think?

Since I don't have a homepage yet (it's under construction), I can send a
pre-release of the module via mail (<5kB) to everyone who is interested.
Just let me know via personal mail.

Kind regards,

Jörg Nouvernté
joerg.nouvertne AT wtal DOT de