sub get_node {

  my ($infile) = @_;
  my @nodelist  = ();
  my @errorlist = ();
    
  ##checks if the file exists and pulls the info out
  if (-e $infile){
    open INFILE, '<', $infile or die "Could not open $infile : $!";
    print_log("Scanning $infile");
    while (my $node = <INFILE>){
      chomp($node);
      my ($hostname) = split /\./, $node;
      my $fqdn = getNodeAttributes($hostname,'PrimaryNodeName');
      if (length($fqdn) < 1) { 
        print_log("No value returned from WMI, node ($node) doesn't exists in OMW.");
        push @errorlist,$node;
      } else { 
        print_log("$node => $hostname => $fqdn");
        push @nodelist,$fqdn;
      }
    }                                     
    close INFILE;
  }
  else {
    print_log("ERROR Cannot open $infile");
  }  

  return (\@nodelist,\@errorlist);
}

##</code><code>##

my ($nodelist,$errorlist) = get_node($path.'serverlist.txt');

##</code><code>##

print_log("There were ".scalar @$errorlist." errors in serverlist");