Hi list, 1. Does anyone know of a module in CPAN which lets you implement the netstat function within Perl code? I was expecting to see something like netstat.pm, but a CPAN search turned up nothing. 2. If there's no such module, why not? Any guesses? It's seems like the kind of thing that gets turned into a module, since most IP-related UNIX functions end up in a module eventually (e.g. mail, HTTP, FTP, etc., etc.).
I have a script which uses the output from netstat. I'm shelling out to run netstat to get the results into my script, but it would seem better, for a number of reasons, to be able to do it completely within your own code. And, now, comPLETEly off-topic ... when running netstat, I'm used to seeing numeric IP addresses and alphanumeric domain names in the results. But, every so often, I see something that looks like a NETBIOS machine name. What up with that? Is this expected netstat behavior? Here are some of the values I've seen: ARBAY112 ATHALON12 BRAD CHICO COMPUTER DGSMS521 DIEGO E6E8L8 HPPAV INFO16 KKKK OEMCOMPUTER PC PKWWW Q6A1W7 RANDY SAMTHEGREAT U8F1M4 V4W3Y9 VALE VLADO Does anyone know what condition this represents? (I realize this last bit is really OT; if anyone knows of a more appropriate group I would be grateful for the lead.) TIA. __________________________________________________________________ New! Unlimited Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Act now to get a personalized email address! Netscape. Just the Net You Need. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>