#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use LWP::Simple qw(get); my $acct="123"; my $pass="123"; my ($ip,$url); my $ifconfig=`/sbin/ifconfig eth0`; if ($ifconfig=~/inet addr\:((?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3})/) { $ip=$1; print "ip: $ip\n" } else { die "Couldn't grab ip from: $ifconfig\n"; } print "Updating.."; if ($got=get("http://www.myip.org/cgi-bin/Update.py?id=$acct&pwd=$pass&hostname=all&ip=$ip")) { if $got=~/SomeTextFromThePageThatWouldConfirmSuccess/) { print "success.\n"; } else { die "failed: $got\n"; } } else { die "failed: $!\n"; }