Prabu schreef:
> open(FILE,"$file_name") || die "Not been Accessed" ; open my $fh, '<', $file_name or die "open $file_name: $!" ; > if($p->ping($host, 2)) > { > chomp($host); > print "$host is alive.\n"; > } > else > { > chomp($host); > print "$host not reachable.\n"; > } > sleep(1); You are calling ping() with an un-comp-ed $host. chompt $host ; print $p->ping($host, 2) ? "$host is alive.\n" : "$host not reachable.\n" ; sleep(1) ; Further reading: perldoc Net::Ping (like about tcp/udp/icmp). -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>