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From: Chris Herborth <chrish@cryptocard.com>
Subject: Re: hot to get IP from shell -> C solution
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:58:51 -0400
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electa wrote:

> /* little utility to get the IP address of the machine
> - prints the IP address in triple-dotted form xxx.yyy.zzz.www,
> or nothing if can't get it.
> - this code is a fragment from EpidEm code.
> */

The Python one is easier... ;-)

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Print IP address of the machine, or nothing.
import socket
try:
     print socket.gethostbyname( socket.gethostname() )
except:
     pass

Perl's probably just as easy.

-- 
Chris Herborth                                     chrish@cryptocard.com
Documentation Overlord, CRYPTOCard Corp.      http://www.cryptocard.com/
Never send a monster to do the work of an evil scientist.
Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis.


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