Get 'ifconfig' information via Python

[Ivan Van Laningham]

Hi All--

"M.-A. Lemburg" wrote:
> 
> David N. Welton wrote:
> >
> > So, I think I'm getting close...
> >
> > import fcntl
> > import IN
> > import struct
> >
> > s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
> >
> > res = fcntl.ioctl(s, IN.SIOCSIFHWADDR, ??????)
> >
> > I can't seem to find what goes in ?????.
> >

[snip]

> The .ioctl() function can take a string or an integer as
> third argument. 

[snip]

> 
> Building these structs can be done using the Python struct
> module... playing around with this can probably crash your system
> though.
> 
> In the end, I think you're better off hacking together a
> new extension module.
> 

Why on earth would reading this information into a struct crash his
system?  Or am I missing something here?  At worst, writing a messed-up
struct might hose his ethernet connection, but I really doubt that he
would be any more likely to crash his system using Python than C.

<c-is-your-friend-while-it-gnaws-your-hand-off>-ly y'rs,
Ivan
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