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Hi, |
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On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 18:54:06 +0000 |
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Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 16:53:11 +0100, brullo nulla wrote: |
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> > You can also poll the ip by doing an ifconfig and parsing its output |
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> > inside your application. I think the overhead on the system would be |
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> > barely recognizable if you do a reasonable (no more than every 5 |
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> > seconds, let's say) poll. |
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> Wouldn't it be easier to use the output from "hostname -i"? It needs no |
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> parsing. |
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But it depends on proper reverse-resolution of the hostname. This isn't |
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usually the case for dialup-connections... |
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-hwh |
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