?? bullpucky

#!/usr/bin/perl --
use strict;
use warnings;

use LWP 5.826;
use LWP::Protocol::http;

#perldoc -q "How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?"
use Socket;
use Sys::Hostname;
my $host = hostname();
my $addr = inet_ntoa(scalar gethostbyname($host || 'localhost'));

my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new();

{
  print "# works like default\n";
  local @LWP::Protocol::http::EXTRA_SOCK_OPTS = ( LocalAddr => $addr )
+;
  print $ua->get("http://www.example.com")->status_line,"\n";
}

{
  print "# bad hostname\n";
  local @LWP::Protocol::http::EXTRA_SOCK_OPTS = ( LocalAddr => "nohost
+:666" );
  print $ua->get("http://www.example.com")->status_line,"\n";
}

{
  print "# unknown error\n";
  local @LWP::Protocol::http::EXTRA_SOCK_OPTS = ( LocalAddr => "localh
+ost" );
  print $ua->get("http://www.example.com")->status_line,"\n";
  printf "$^E\n";
}

__END__

# works like default
200 OK
# bad hostname
500 Can't connect to www.example.com:80 (Bad hostname 'nohost:666')
# unknown error
500 Can't connect to www.example.com:80 (connect: Unknown error)
A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not proper
+ly respond after a period of time, or established
connection failed because connected host has failed to respond
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oh, yes, it works now, there is some bug in my script break the lwp part, now I fix it, and it works fine for me. Thanks and sorry for my mistake:).