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- package Net::Ping;
-
- =head1 NAME
-
- Net::Ping, pingecho - check a host for upness
-
- =head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- use Net::Ping;
- print "'jimmy' is alive and kicking\n" if pingecho('jimmy', 10) ;
-
- =head1 DESCRIPTION
-
- This module contains routines to test for the reachability of remote hosts.
- Currently the only routine implemented is pingecho().
-
- pingecho() uses a TCP echo (I<not> an ICMP one) to determine if the
- remote host is reachable. This is usually adequate to tell that a remote
- host is available to rsh(1), ftp(1), or telnet(1) onto.
-
- =head2 Parameters
-
- =over 5
-
- =item hostname
-
- The remote host to check, specified either as a hostname or as an IP address.
-
- =item timeout
-
- The timeout in seconds. If not specified it will default to 5 seconds.
-
- =back
-
- =head1 WARNING
-
- pingecho() uses alarm to implement the timeout, so don't set another alarm
- while you are using it.
-
- =cut
-
- # Authors: karrer@bernina.ethz.ch (Andreas Karrer)
- # pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk (Paul Marquess)
-
- require Exporter;
-
- @ISA = qw(Exporter);
- @EXPORT = qw(ping pingecho);
-
- use Socket;
- use Carp ;
-
- $tcp_proto = (getprotobyname('tcp'))[2];
- $echo_port = (getservbyname('echo', 'tcp'))[2];
-
- sub ping {
- croak "ping not implemented yet. Use pingecho()";
- }
-
-
- sub pingecho {
-
- croak "usage: pingecho host [timeout]"
- unless @_ == 1 || @_ == 2 ;
-
- local ($host, $timeout) = @_;
- local (*PINGSOCK);
- local ($saddr, $ip);
- local ($ret) ;
-
- # check if $host is alive by connecting to its echo port, within $timeout
- # (default 5) seconds. returns 1 if OK, 0 if no answer, 0 if host not found
-
- $timeout = 5 unless $timeout;
-
- if ($host =~ /^\s*((\d+\.){3}\d+)\s*$/)
- { $ip = pack ('C4', split (/\./, $1)) }
- else
- { $ip = (gethostbyname($host))[4] }
-
- return 0 unless $ip; # "no such host"
-
- $saddr = pack('S n a4 x8', AF_INET, $echo_port, $ip);
- $SIG{'ALRM'} = sub { die } ;
- alarm($timeout);
-
- $ret = eval <<'EOM' ;
-
- return 0
- unless socket(PINGSOCK, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $tcp_proto) ;
-
- return 0
- unless connect(PINGSOCK, $saddr) ;
-
- return 1 ;
- EOM
-
- alarm(0);
- close(PINGSOCK);
- $ret == 1 ? 1 : 0 ;
- }
-
- 1;
-