Elwarren, I implemeneted your code and then I looked at it and realized that I could get
the same functionality at half the speed.

UPDATE: errr...I should say at twice the speed...oops, typing faster than my brain
I thought you might be interested.
Here is the code: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

@pinglist=('10.17.1.60', '10.17.1.61', '10.17.1.62', '10.17.1.63');

use Net::Ping;
my $p = Net::Ping->new(icmp, 5);

foreach $h (@pinglist) {
    if ($p->ping($h, 5)) { print "[p (ok) $h]"; } else { print "[p <NO
+> $h]"; }
    print "\n";
}

$p->close;

[download]
And the benchmarking results: 
H:\>benchingping.pl
Benchmark: timing 5000 iterations of inline, modular...
    inline: 63 wallclock secs (22.26 usr +  8.72 sys = 30.98 CPU) @ 16
+1.37/s (n=
5000)
   modular: 104 wallclock secs (38.02 usr + 23.94 sys = 61.95 CPU) @ 8
+0.71/s (n=
5000)

[download]
Cool, huh? Thanks again!

In reply to RE: Re: Alarm Implemented in Win32? by buzzcutbuddha
in thread Alarm Implemented in Win32? by buzzcutbuddha

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