I'm working on a program that uses the SNMP module to gather information, but I haven't found an abundance of information on using that module. In the below sub, I'm calling the SNMP module's get method, which returns values of various types. Sometimes those values are packed, sometimes not. Is there a way for me to determine if I need to unpack it and with what template? 
sub snmpget
{
   my $self   = shift;
   my $target = shift;

   my $session;
   my $value;
   
   $session = new SNMP::Session ( DestHost  => $self->host, 
                                  Community => $self->community );
   $value   = $session->get($target) || warn "SNMP ERROR: $session->{E
+rrorStr}";

   $nom->debug (3, "SNMP: snmpget succeeded.  Target: $target, Value: 
+$value");
 
   return $value;
}

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In reply to To unpack or not to unpack by ergophobe

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