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