>>>>> "JF" == J Finn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JF> Thanks for your fast replies, however I think I should be more JF> specific. I'm using both linux and OS X and the ifconfig output is JF> different for each platform (and I suspect it would be different for JF> windows as well). While i could write something that parses the JF> ifconfig output for each platform, It would be nice if there was core JF> functionality in perl to get this information for me that would know JF> the Right Thing to Do based on whatever platform I am using at the JF> time. Is the only way to get this info thru ifconfig? JF> Also, the netmask idea is good, but I'd still need to pull the IP JF> address and mask from ifconfig, right? I'm trying to avoid parsing JF> ifconfig. did you search cpan? searching for ifconfig gets many hits including Net-Ifconfig-Wrapper which seems to do what you want for getting ip info. and searching for 'ip address' gets several useful looking hits to mung ip info such as NetAddr::IP, Net::IP. this is obviously a common issue and cpan has the usual multiple reinvented wheels. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com --Perl Consulting, Stem Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
