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icmp from perl

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emilio500

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how can i send an icmp message in a perl script?

thank you.
 
Emilio,

You can use the Net::Ping module, available on CPAN if you don't have it. You should, however, be aware that you need to have root permissions to send icmp packets from a UNIX machine. Mike
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