Hi all, I'm looking for a portable (FreeBSD and Linux) way of getting typical ifconfig information into Python.
Some research on the web brought me to Linux only solutions http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/439094 http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/439093 which I didn't manage to port to FreeBSD (I'm not that experienced). Finally though, I found out about pyifconfig: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/1999-August/009274.html which compiles fine on Linux after changing <python1.5/Python.h> to <python2.4/Python.h>. On FreeBSD there is no SIOCGIFHWADDR, so I just commented out that part. I can now do In [1]: from pyifconfig import pyifconfig In [2]: pyifconfig('ath0') Out[2]: {'addr': '192.168.50.104', 'brdaddr': '192.168.50.255', 'hwaddr': '00:17:f2:4c:a5:0c', 'netmask': '255.255.255.0'} on Linux, and In [1]: from pyifconfig import pyifconfig In [2]: pyifconfig('vr1') Out[2]: {'addr': '192.168.50.1', 'brdaddr': '192.168.50.255', 'hwaddr': '\xff\xff', 'netmask': '255.255.255.0'} on FreeBSD. The problem now is that I get seemingly random information when I pass a non-existing interface, a down interface or an empty string to pyifconfig, which is very hard to figure out from inside a script: In [3]: pyifconfig('foobar') Out[3]: {'addr': '104.154.165.183', 'brdaddr': '104.154.165.183', 'hwaddr': '00:00:68:9a:a5:b7', 'netmask': '104.154.165.183'} so, any pointers here on how I can go on from this point? any help is appreciated -- regards, BBBart Wormwood : Calvin, how about you? Calvin : Hard to say ma'am. I think my cerebellum just fused. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
