From: Theodore Knab <tjk@...>
Date: 2004-01-23T10:17:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Socket.gethosbyname AgrumentError

Seems to work on Debian Sarge Linux. 

bash-2.05b$ ruby -v
ruby 1.8.1 (2003-11-11) [i386-linux]

irb(main):001:0> require 'socket'
=> true

irb(main):003:0> Socket.gethostbyname('146.102.77.77')
=> ["sM05h01.vse.cz", [], 2,
"\002\000\000\000\222fMM\000\000\000\000\000\000\00
0\000"]

You could always try using a redirect:

irb(main):005:0> myip = IO.readlines("|/usr/bin/host 146.102.77.77")
=> ["Name: sM05h01.vse.cz\n", "Address: 146.102.77.77\n", "\n"]
irb(main):006:0> print "debug: myip is " + myip[0].chomp!,"\n"
debug: myip is Name: sM05h01.vse.cz
=> nil



On 23/01/04 05:44 +0900, Dalibor Sramek wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I have upgraded and one of my scripts now dies with ArgumentError while
> calling Socket.gethostbyname - see bellow.
> Can someone explain to me why this is happening? Can it be caused by an
> interference with IPv6?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dalibor Sramek
> 
> vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
> 
> dali@epot:~$ ruby -v
> ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-25) [i386-freebsd5.2]
> dali@epot:~$ irb
> irb(main):001:0> require 'socket'
> => true
> irb(main):002:0> Socket.gethostbyname('146.102.77.77')
> ArgumentError: NULL pointer given
>         from (irb):2:in ethostbyname'
>         from (irb):2
> irb(main):003:0>
> 
> dali@epot:~$ nslookup 146.102.77.77
> Server:  ns1.casablanca.cz
> Address:  217.11.224.1
> 
> Name:    sM05h01.vse.cz
> Address:  146.102.77.77
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dalibor Sramek  http://www.insula.cz/dali  |  In the eyes of cats,
>                 dalibor.sramek@insula.cz   |  all things belong to cats.
> 

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