-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 12 June 2003 15:27, bhaskar wrote: > hi, > The easiest way to find the ip address of an interface is to read > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-xxx. Where xxx is the interface > name(eth0, for eg). You can also get the ip address using ioctl. you think redhat is the only dist? something like /sbin/ip addr show dev eth0 | grep "inet " | cut -c 10- | cut -f 1 -d "/" is better ... but I would do a regex in a realworld application, as the format may not 100% the same at all version of "ip" - -- Regards, Robert - ---------------- Robert Penz robert.penz AT outertech.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE+6IYY8tTsQqJDUBMRAkr+AJwLu/KflDFUYFBJNSh+gwdzELIuWgCfcOjb fSTe9LGa3ioc9srkE2ShdAw= =A9Eu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/