On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:20:43 -0700 "Rajesh Dorairajan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry. Missed out getting hostname. > > use IO::Socket; > use Sys::Hostname; > > $HOSTNAME = hostname(); > $ip = inet_ntoa((gethostbyname($HOSTNAME))[4]); This is okay provided your laptop has a valid host to IP address translation available. On Unix typically either an entry in /etc/hosts or a DNS A record entry. Take a look at Net::Interface on CPAN. It appears to let you look at interface information in a system independent way. -- Smoot Carl-Mitchell Systems/Network Architect email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: +1 602 421 9005 home: +1 480 922 7313 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
