Hello Nathaniel, Saturday, November 03, 2001, Wert, Nathaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
WN> Maybe it comes in the statement before that: WN> $nodename = <STDIN>; :) you forgot chomp $nodename; here. $nodename contains '\n' at the end. WN> $iaddr = gethostbyname($nodename); WN> ($a,$b,$c,$d) = unpack('C4',$iaddr); WN> $ipaddress = "$a.$b.$c.$d"; WN> print $ipaddress; WN> I have debugged this numerous times and I can't seem to understand WN> why gethostbyname does not return anything. I have tried with both WN> the hostname and the hostname.foo.com notation and it does not WN> work. WN> It does work when I replace $nodename with 'node.foo.com' but I WN> can't get the imputed variable to work? perldoc -f chomp Best wishes, Maxim mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]