ifconfig in python

[James Mills]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Ned Deily <nad at acm.org> wrote:
> Also, since the subject is on my brain at the moment, how to find "the
> address" is not the right question to ask.  These days most systems have
> multiple network interfaces (Ethernet, WiFi, dialup, et al) running
> multiple protocols, like IPv4 and IPv6.  In general, there is no *one*
> IP address of a machine; often there are many.  Ignoring that fact can
> lead to subtle bugs, like the one causing a urllib2 regression test
> failure that I've been squashing today!

I agree.

Nehemiah:

What is the problem you're solving ?

cheers
James