inet_ntoa

[Adrian Eyre]

>>> Does anyone know if the inet_ntoa function in "arpa/inet.h" is
>>> implemented in python anywhere. I can't find it in the docs. Or, is
>>> there a similar func in python to convert integral network addresses
>>> into a dotted quad string??

>> Try the struct module.

> def getip(long):
>     return
string.join(map(str,unpack('4B',pack('<L',string.atol(long)))),'.')

Am I missing something here:

>>> import socket
>>> print socket.inet_ntoa.__doc__
inet_aton(packed_ip) -> ip_address_string

Convert an IP address from 32-bit packed binary format to string format
>>> socket.inet_ntoa("\012\000\000\001")
'10.0.0.1'
>>> ^D

Just noticed the docstring is wrong.

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