determining an assigned IP address

[Jonathan Epstein]

The following Perl code works:

  use Sys::Hostname;
  use Socket;

  $ip=gethostbyname(hostname());
  $theip=inet_ntoa($ip);


It should be relatively straightforward to convert this to Python.

- Jonathan


Bill Tolbert wrote:
> 
> I've just set up Linux with my cable modem and I'd like to use Python to
> help me launch remote X apps. I need to know the ip address assigned by
> my isp, but so far I'm striking out. gethostbyname_ex in the socket
> module returns the address I supplied when I thought it was static.
> Right now the only way I know to get the right address is to log into
> another machine and use who.
> 
> All help is appreciated!
> 
> Bill
> 
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