From: rminnich@sarnoff.com (Ron G. Minnich) Subject: Re: Finding Out My Own IP-Address 11 May 1998 11:56:06 -0700 Message-ID: References: <355152A4.7292585D@wgn.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com On Wed, 6 May 1998, $Bill Luebkert wrote: > > When I dial in to my provider via NT-RAS, I'm assigned a dynamic IP address - > > which is what I'm trying to find out. > $name = (gethostbyname ("localhost"))[0]; > $addr = (gethostbyname ($name))[4]; OK, I believe this works. But why doesn't gethostname followed by a gethostbyname? no gethostname entry? Also why the [4]? ron - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".