> function to read the local IP eth0/eth1 using glibc library.
program ip_addr; ... end.
Please ignore my last post - This one is a little cleaner... program ip_addr; {$MODE OBJFPC} uses libc; function GetIPAddressOfInterface( if_name:ansistring):ansistring; var ifr : ifreq; sock : longint; p:pChar; begin Result:='0.0.0.0'; strncpy( ifr.ifr_ifrn.ifrn_name, pChar(if_name), IF_NAMESIZE-1 ); ifr.ifr_ifru.ifru_addr.sa_family := AF_INET; sock := socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP); if ( sock >= 0 ) then begin if ( ioctl( sock, SIOCGIFADDR, @ifr ) >= 0 ) then begin p:=inet_ntoa( ifr.ifr_ifru.ifru_addr.sin_addr ); if ( p <> nil ) then Result := p; end; libc.__close(sock); end; end; var i:LongInt; begin if (ParamCount>0) then for i:=1 to ParamCount do WriteLn(GetIPAddressOfInterface(ParamStr(i))) else WriteLn('Usage:', ParamStr(0), '<interface-name>') end. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal