PyHeartBeat Client in PERL?

[GMane Python]

Hello Everyone.

Whil e reading the Python Cookbook as a means of learning Python, I
came across the script by Nicola Larosa. Not knowing anything about PERL, I
was wondering if there were a translation in PERL so I could have my Netware
servers send heartbeats to the heartbeat server? Thanks!

Dave



Title: PyHeartbeat - detecting inactive computers
Submitter: Nicola Larosa





# Filename: HeartbeatClient .py

"""Heartbea t client, sends out an UDP packet periodically"""

import socket, time

SERVER_IP = '127.0.0.1'; SERVER_PORT = 43278; BEAT_PERIOD = 5

print ('Sending heartbeat to IP %s , port %d\n'
'press Ctrl-C to stop\n') % (SERVER_IP, SERVER_PORT)
while True:
hbSocket = socket.socket(s ocket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGR AM)
hbSocket.sendto ('PyHB', (SERVER_IP, SERVER_PORT))
if __debug__: print 'Time: %s' % time.ctime()
time.sleep(BEAT _PERIOD)