[MacPerl] Ping (fwd)

[mark@cheers.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning/Metrica)]

According to Tim Guinn:
> Hi,
> 
> Awhile back, I seem to remember someone posting source for a simple
> script that pings a remote host and writes the result (as "host is
> up/down"?) to a logfile. Ring any bells? Anybody have source they're
> willing to share? I've looked at Ping.pm, but'm wondering how to get
> around the pingecho() use of alarm. I also have read (& experienced)
> problems with MacTCP-endowed machines not responding to ICMP...yes?
> But OT machines seem to handle it okay. True?
> 
> As you can tell, I'm a little in the dark, here.
> 
> Basically, I'm in the very early stage of cobbling a simple LAN
> monitoring script together in Perl.
> 
> Thx in advance

Well, I remember the script but do not remember who has it
or where it resides.  However, I do know there is a MacPing
out there which you can use and which works with either OT
or MacTCP/IP.  You can find it at the Austin Apple site
under the unsupported stuff.  :-)

Then, if you want to call it from Perl, you only need to do
an Applescript.  :-)