[Xymon] [Newbie] Smaller, lighter Xymon based program?

Thanks for the prompt reply guys, really appreciate that. The reason why I want to modify Xymon is because I'm working on a small class project which only need a simple networking-related function (in my case: ping) with minimal size of code.

I understand Xymon is powerful and runs fast in most of cases, but the best case is to make some minor changes based on Xymon simply because I can't just take Xymon and turn it in as my project.

My optimal goal is: to use minimal amount of code to perform a ping test, but keep the framework and style of Xymon. (Now I'm reading Xymonping.c file under /xymonnet folder)

Anyone has idea about how I can achieve this goal? Any opinion will be greatly appreciated! Thanks again!

James