[Tutor] Python -> uname -n

[Tim Johnson]

* Danny Yoo <dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu> [040913 14:35]:
> 
> 
> 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:
 
  The commands module will prove to be very helpful in other issues
  for me, but I see that the socket module is more portable and
  won't make python barf in Windows, so it looks like the
  'socket' aproach is preferable.

  Thanks Danny
  tim

> ###
> >>> 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!
> 
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