Ping-ing from Perl scripts

Emi has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi there !

Any idea how to see if a host/router is alive ? I mean, other than executing "/bin/ping" ;) ...

A few lines of code would be nice.
Thanks,
Emi

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Re: Ping-ing from Perl scripts by azatoth (Curate) on Jun 27, 2001 at 12:18 UTC
Net::Ping. Plenty of lines of code for you to read there. Azatoth a.k.a Captain Whiplash Make Your Die Messages Full of Wisdom! Get YOUR PerlMonks Stagename here! Want to speak like a Londoner?	[reply]
Re: Ping-ing from Perl scripts by busunsl (Vicar) on Jun 27, 2001 at 12:18 UTC
Try Net::Ping or Net::Ping::External from CPAN	[reply]
Re: Ping-ing from Perl scripts by holygrail (Scribe) on Jun 27, 2001 at 12:18 UTC
you could use Net::Ping... --HolyGrail	[reply]
Re: Re: Ping-ing from Perl scripts by Emi (Initiate) on Jun 27, 2001 at 14:45 UTC
Thanx a lot guys, Emi	[reply]