[Tutor] Python -> uname -n

[Danny Yoo]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Tim Johnson wrote:

> > How may I obtain the network node hostname with python?
> >
> > On linux, it would be the value returned by 'uname -n'
>
> Found it all by my lonesome, under Python Library Reference, the
> 'commands' module.
>
> commands.getstatusoutput('uname -n') returns a 2 - member tuple with
> status code as the first item and response string as second item.


Hi Tim,


You might be able to get it with 'socket.gethostname()' as well:

###
>>> import socket
>>> socket.gethostname()
'shoebox'
###


See:

    http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-socket.html#l2h-2417

for more details on socket.gethostname().


Good luck!