iam really in a confusion as to wat tool am i goin to use as a backend in linux after having fetched all the hardware and software information from the computer.

for what do u require that??
u want to try mysql database or simple file-handling

i just wanna store all the hardware and software information in a seperate software.
i dono which is the best possible to store all the information.plz suggest.

that what i told u

u can use files (with file handling) to store that information
or u can go for any database like Mysql

regards

wat about using some office.org in linux for the same process???

u mean an equivalent or Microsoft Access???

if u want that then there is not in openofice, u will have to use Mysql

Question is what you want to do after you've captured the info?
* Just store it for your own reference?
* Do you want to store info about other computers at a later stage as well?
* Does it have to be remotely accessible?

If this is just for your own reference, you can store the info in a flat textfile (e.q. created with vi or emacs or whatever).
Other computers as well? As long as the amount is limited, you can still use the flat file.
In both cases you can also write it in openoffice and create a nice table format.

If it gets big (lots of computers), a database (as indicated before) while be the way to go.

Remotely accessible is a different story. This will require a lot of work from your site (setup of servers).