electa wrote: > /* little utility to get the IP address of the machine > - prints the IP address in triple-dotted form xxx.yyy.zzz.www, > or nothing if can't get it. > - this code is a fragment from EpidEm code. > */ The Python one is easier... ;-) #!/usr/bin/env python # Print IP address of the machine, or nothing. import socket try: print socket.gethostbyname( socket.gethostname() ) except: pass Perl's probably just as easy. -- Chris Herborth chrish@cryptocard.com Documentation Overlord, CRYPTOCard Corp. http://www.cryptocard.com/ Never send a monster to do the work of an evil scientist. Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/