what about changing the code adding the following in the resent lines
On 17 Jun 2002, Murgan wrote:
> Please look at the snippet and tell why it is not giving the
> correct ip address in dotted decimal. my system is not multihomed
> as ifconfig gives only one inet address for the eth0( the only
> interface except lo).
>
> #include<stdio.h>
> #include<sys/utsname.h>
> #include<malloc.h>
> #include<netdb.h>
> #include<sys/socket.h>
>
> int main(){
struct sockaddr_in sin;
> struct utsname *name;
> int i;
> struct hostent *hnt;
> name = (struct utsname *)malloc(sizeof(struct utsname));
> hnt = (struct hostent *)malloc(sizeof(struct hostent));
> i= uname(name);
> hnt = gethostbyname(name->nodename);
> if(i>=0){
bcopy(hnt->h_addr, (char *)&sin.sin_addr, hnt->h_length);
printf("Network address:\t%s\n",inet_ntoa(sin.sin_addr.s_addr));
}
> return;
> }
>
> The name->nodename gives the correct hostname.
> If it is wrong how do I get the correct ip address for my
> localhost.
> Pardon me if something like this has been asked but I am a newbie
> and I am stuck here.
> Thanking you
> Murgan
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