The script is run under windows 2003. This is an example of the script:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use Warnings;

use HTTP::Status;
use HTTP::Response;
use HTTP::Request;
use LWP::UserAgent;

if (@ARGV < 2) {
    print "USAGE: IsPageAvailable [-r] <MonitorName> <URL> <Hosts file
+> [Http::Host]\n";
}
else
{
    # Treat the -r option, in wich case the screap will search in the 
+response returned to SUCCEED
    # string and treat the returned monitor accoringly.
    my $checkResponse = 0;
    if ($ARGV[0] eq "-r") {
        $checkResponse = 1;
        shift @ARGV;
    }
    
    my ($strMonitorName, $strURL, $hosts, $httpHost) = @ARGV;
    # Use the configuration file only if specefied.
    if (defined($hosts))
    {
        # Generate the computerName and domainName variables used late
+r to search in the hosts file
        my $computerName = lc($ENV{'COMPUTERNAME'});
        $strURL =~ /^http.*\/\/(.+?)[\:\/]/;
        my $domainName = $1;
        my $ip;
    
        # Convert the domain using the hosts file supplied
        open (HOSTS, '<', $hosts) or die "Cant open configuration file
+ $hosts\n";
        END: while (my $line = <HOSTS>) {
            if ($line =~ /$computerName:$domainName:(.+)/)
            {
                $ip = $1;
                chomp($ip);
                last END;
            }
        }
        close(HOSTS);
    
        # No entries in the hosts found
        die "No entries in $hosts file found for this machine ($comput
+erName, $domainName)\n" if (!defined($ip));
    
        # Substitute in the URL to the found $ip
        $strURL =~ s/$domainName/$ip/;
    }
    
    # Perform the GET command
    print "Performing GET on $strURL\n";
    my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
    $ua->timeout(15);
    
    # We can define the httpHost
    my $request;
    if (defined($httpHost))
    {
        $request = HTTP::Request->new(GET => $strURL, HTTP::Headers->n
+ew(Host => $httpHost));
    }
    else
    {
        $request = HTTP::Request->new(GET => $strURL);
    }
    
    my $response = $ua->request($request);
    my $nCode = $response->code;
    my $nMonitorValue;
    my $nReturnCode = $response->code;
    print "Return Code = $nReturnCode\n";
    
    # Check the returned code and format the opcmon command
    if ($nReturnCode == 200)
    {
        if ($checkResponse)
        {
            if ($response->content =~ /SUCCEEDED/m) {
                $nMonitorValue = 0;
            }
            else {
                $nMonitorValue = 1;
            }
        }
        else { 
            $nMonitorValue = 0; 
        }
    }
    else
    {
        $nMonitorValue = 1;
    }
    
    # Send the opcmon
    print "opcmon value = $nMonitorValue\n";
    my $strCmd ="opcmon $strMonitorName=$nMonitorValue";
    my $exit = system($strCmd);
    exit $exit;
}
[download]