From: jheard <jheard@...>
Date: 2001-11-09T07:05:43+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:24701] Re: how to get hostname/MAC address?

Christopher Sawtell wrote:

> On Fri, 09 Nov 2001 09:12, Tobias DiPasquale wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>    Is there a way to get the computer's hostname or Ethernet MAC address
>>or IP address from Ruby?
>>
> 
> irb(main):002:0> system ( 'hostname -i')
> 192.168.2.10
> 
> irb(main):001:0> system ( '/sbin/ifconfig | grep HWaddr | cut -c39-')
> 00:90:27:2D:5A:C5
> 
> Assuming Unix / Linux & you might consider the hard '39' a bit too kludgy
> 
> --
> Sincerely etc.,
> Christopher Sawtell
> 
> 

for Windows,
--> IPSocket.getaddress(ENV['MACHINE_NAME'])

should do you.