New topic: Shell Class Questions
<http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?t=34272> Page 1 of 1 [ 1 post ] Previous topic | Next topic Author Message NA9D Post subject: Shell Class QuestionsPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 1:00 pm Joined: Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:36 pm Posts: 94 Hey all, I've got a question about the shell class on the Mac as I'm sometimes seeing different results with shell commands run inside my application as compared to shell commands run from terminal on my Mac. For my software, part of the authentication/licensing algorithm uses the host name of the computer to generate a code that is then used as part of the registration process. So in my code I have the following lines: Code: #If TargetWin32 Then SystemString1 = System.EnvironmentVariable("COMPUTERNAME") SystemString2 = System.EnvironmentVariable("USERPROFILE") #Else SH.Execute "echo $HOSTNAME" If Instr(1,SH.Result,".") <> 0 Then // If the host name has a dot in it, then take everything b4 the dot. Otherwise full name. SystemString1 = Mid(SH.Result,1,Instr(1,SH.Result,".")-1) ELSE SystemString1 = SH.Result End SystemString1= Lowercase(SystemString1) SystemString2 = System.EnvironmentVariable("HOME") #Endif Now the SH.Execute "echo $HOSTNAME" does not always give me the same result as typing "echo $HOSTNAME" in the terminal app. I have an instance where if I use my Sprint data card, I get a hostname in Real Studio that is equal to the IP address of the connection with Sprint. Looking at my network settings, this appears to be what my "WINS NetBios" name is. Yet if I go into Terminal and enter "echo $HOSTNAME", I get the correct name of the computer. So this obviously can screw up a user since if the program is run in one network connection, it gets one name as part of the authentication process, and gets another name when using a different network connection. I've already had to account for the fact that some network connections report back all lower case host names and others report back host names with the first letters capitalized - hence the "Lowercase" command given above. So what shell command is Real Studio exactly executing? How can I get it to report just the local name of the computer regardless of whatever network connection/name it has been given? Can anyone provide any insight? Thanks, Jon Top Display posts from previous: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by AuthorPost timeSubject AscendingDescending Page 1 of 1 [ 1 post ] -- Over 1500 classes with 29000 functions in one REALbasic plug-in collection. The Monkeybread Software Realbasic Plugin v9.3. http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic/plugins.shtml [email protected]
