From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-07-04T00:52:20+09:00
Subject: Re: mac addr determination

On 7/3/07, ara.t.howard <ara.t.howard@gmail.com> wrote:
<snip>
>
> thanks!
>
> -a
> --
Nope on Linux

 def mac_address
      return @mac_address if defined? @mac_address
      re =  %r<(?:hwaddr|:)\s+((?:[0-9a-f]{1,2}[-:]){5}[0-9a-f]{1,2})\s*$>i
      lines =
        begin
          IO.popen('ifconfig'){|fd| fd.readlines}
        rescue
          IO.popen('ipconfig /all'){|fd| fd.readlines}
        end
      candidates = lines.map{|l| re.match( l )[1] rescue nil }.compact
      @mac_address = candidates.first
    end

but not tested on Windows
HTH
Robert
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