On Nov 21, 9:15 am, Gilles Ganault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I need to get the local computer's IP address, ie. what's displayed > when running "ifconfig" in Linux: > > # ifconfig > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:58:A1:D5:6F > inet addr:192.168.0.79 Bcast:192.168.0.255 > Mask:255.255.255.0 > > I know about socket.gethostbyname, but this relies on what's in > /etc/hosts, and I'd rather have a more independent solution. > > What would be a good way to do this? > > Thank you.
For linux (and possibly other POSIX-like OS', though reported not to work on FreeBSD), see the pure python 'ifconfig' script I posted here: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/52ad421ed64ec3fc/13e2a0609920c27b?lnk=gst&q=monkeesage+hwaddr#a4419fd2c52078e2 It uses low-level ioctl to query the same values as are displayed in ifconfig. It's obviously not very portable, but I didn't know what exactly you meant by "independent". Regards, Jordan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
