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Fulko Hew wrote:
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<div>I can probably open some kind of raw ICMP protocol socket and add<br>
it to the select() list the app already has. ... The devil is in the
details.<br>
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I haven't done raw socket stuff for years, but the following URL looks
like it might be a start. It's in C, but all the functions are the
standard socket ones built into Perl, so it should be straightforward
to adapt. <br>
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All the best<br>
Stuart<br>
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