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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+print "Warning! This test runs only once. I.e., it will usually not run twice in succession till syslog sees some new activitt\n";
+print "Preparing...";
+
+system("cp /var/log/messages /tmp/pf2_test");
+
+# ping magic IP address
+print "Sending out packet...\n";
+system("su -c \"ping -c 1 64.34.177.39\" pl_netflow -"); # hm. Sapan doesn't own this IP anymore. We should change it at some point.
+
+print "Waiting for flow to appear...\n";
+sleep(10);
+
+open PIP,"|/usr/bin/diff -u /tmp/pf2_test /var/log/messages";
+
+while (<PIP>) {
+ if (/Received test flow to corewars.org from slice ([0-9]+)/) {
+ $xid = int($1);
+ print "Slice id: $xid";
+ ($xid==0 || $xid==-1) && die("Slice id incorrect");
+ }
+}
+
+close PIP;
+
+print "Test successful.";
+