I would expect the following code to either print all three conditions or to print none of them - however, when the host is up, it always prints:

condition1
condition3

What's up with that?! Is this a bug? I have the dreadful feeling this may be a FAQ and betray a profound misunderstanding on my part... but it makes no sense... Please enlighten me!!!

Code:

#!/opt/perl5/bin/perl
# What the heck is going on here?!

use Net::Ping;

$host1="hqlinuxdev.hj-int";
$host2=hqlinuxdev.hj-int;
$host3='hqlinuxdev.hj-int';

print "condition1\n" unless pingecho("$host1");
print "condition2\n" unless pingecho("$host2");
print "condition3\n" unless pingecho("$host3");
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