If you're using SNMP.pm, there's already a method for doing this:

From the cpan documentation: 

get_table() - retrieve a table from the remote agent  

Blocking 

   $response = $session->get_table($oid);


Non-blocking 

         $ok = $session->get_table(
                            -baseoid   => $oid,
                            [-callback => sub {},]
                            [-delay    => $seconds]
                         );

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it might be best to use a module here rather than depending on system commands and/ or backticks.

i do a fair to large amount of SNMP work at work, and I use SNMP.pm for most, if not all, apps that need this kind of info.

In reply to Re: System() or the like by geektron
in thread System() or the like by PyroX

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