[OpenAFS-devel] library linking vs command output parsing

[Jason Edgecombe]

I'm thinking of writing something similar to AFS commander on Mac OS X, 
but for Linux on the Nokia N800 series tables. The two major language 
choices for the platform are C and python. I'm thinking that python will 
let me get things done more quickly even though I don't know it vs my 
novice level of C.

My question is this: What are the pros and cons of writing code that 
links to the AFS & kerberos libraries to do things like getting 
tickets/tokens versus just running klist and capturing the input & output?



Sincerely,
Jason