On 23.07.2013 16:55, Les Mikesell wrote:

> That's 'exec', not 'system':
> http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/exec.html
> exec (a) doesn't have a shell parse a string for the command for you
> and (b) doesn't return to execute the next line if it succeeds.

hah, pardon my very low perl proficiency

what does make the ping commands fail to work as intended then ?

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