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Computer Availability Map logout script
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use LWP;
use Sys::Hostname;
my $host = hostname();
#the hostname after which you can find out the IP address
my $ipaddr = inet_ntoa(scalar gethostbyname($host || 'localhost'));
$ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
#timeout in 60 seconds if we can't make a connection
$ua->timeout(60);
#send the HTTP request with the status of 0 and computer name and the host
$request = $ua->post('http://yourdomain.edu/statuschange.php',
["status" => "0",
"workstation" => $ipaddr,
"host" => $host]);
#if successful log 200 status else quit and log error
if ($request->is_success) {
$content = $request->content;
print "Content-type: text/html\\n\\n";
print $content;
} else {
die "Can't get to URL", $request->status_line;
}
exit;
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