On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 20:19, Tony Nugent wrote:
> On Thu Feb 14 2002 at 17:34, seth vidal wrote:
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> Gnargh! I *hate* quoted-UNprintable!!!! (ugliness that appeard
> below fixed)
oh no. do you mean I gpg signed my mail in the compliant way.
> /sbin/ifconfig is now obselete, has been since the introduction of
> the 2.2.x kernels.
>
> There are many ways to do this sort of thing, and I would suggest
> doing it like this:
>
> ip=$(/sbin/ip -o a s dev eth0 | grep inet | awk '{print $4}' | cut -d/ -f1)
> hostname=$(host $ip | sed -e 's,^.* pointer \(.*\)\.$,\1,')
>
> The new networking configuration tool is /sbin/ip -- and it is a
> VERY powerful utility! With it you have almost total control over
> all aspects of your network configuration, including arp, routing,
> addresses, device states, routing **RULES** (very powerful!!),
> ip tunnels and so on. "/sbin/ip help" and you'll start to get an
> idea what is capable of. "/sbin/ip address help" and "/sbin/ip
> route help" (or "ip r h") will be even more revealing.
>
I know some of the things that ip can do - but ifconfig is easier and
more well known, even if it is deprecated you're going to be hard
pressed to rid yourself of that piece of legacy.
-sv
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