[H-GEN] testing network connectivity with perl

[Mark Suter]

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Conor,

> I'm currently writing a script that simply pings a UNIX box
> every sixty seconds and logs any failed pings. However, I have
> been asked to connect to an ORACLE port on the same UNIX box
> and log if the connection ever drops out.

Perl is probably the wrong tool for this task.  So many things
are conspiring to make the system work that the chances of seeing
a minor outage are low.

If it's only pings that are of importance, give SmokePing a try.

    http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/smokeping/

Yours sincerely,

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