Get 'ifconfig' information via Python

[David N. Welton]

Ivan Van Laningham <ivanlan at callware.com> writes:

> Hi All--
> 
> "M.-A. Lemburg" wrote:
> > 
> > David N. Welton wrote:

> > > res = fcntl.ioctl(s, IN.SIOCSIFHWADDR, ??????)
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> > 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.

This is what I've been working towards... seems easier than futzing
with the 'struct' module stuff.

> 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.

I made a mistake and put SIOC*S*IFHWADDR instead of SIOC*G*IFHWADDR,
which is what I really meant.  

Ciao,
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