From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-07-04T04:21:45+09:00
Subject: Re: mac addr determination

On 7/3/07, Alex LeDonne <aledonne.listmail@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/3/07, ara.t.howard <ara.t.howard@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Jul 3, 2007, at 9:52 AM, Robert Dober wrote:
> >
> > > On 7/3/07, ara.t.howard <ara.t.howard@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > <snip>
> > >>
> > >> thanks!
> > >>
> > >> -a
> > >> --
> > > Nope on Linux
> > >
> >
> > huh.  does for me!?
>
>
> It seems to assume ifconfig is in the $PATH, which on many distros is
> not the normal state of affairs for a non-root user (ifconfig tends to
> live in /sbin, I think).
You are right  and it might be a point to note for the code in general.

However I did not do something stupid for once ;),  this is the output
which just does not match the original regexp ( I run as root and
stepped the original code through irb )
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:11:xx:xx:xx:xx

What distro are you running I tested on a Slax and a Debian Sarge?
Could you test my reg or give the line to match so that Ara can adapt please.

>
> -A
>
>
> > > 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
> > > --
> >
> > can someone give this version a whirl on windows?
Home now I just run it, seems to work fine.

Cheers
Robert
> >
> > -a
>
>


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