On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:41:29 -0800 (PST), Jeff McNeil <j...@jmcneil.net> wrote: [snipped] >Why not just use socket.gethostbyname? > >Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Oct 5 2008, 19:24:49) >[GCC 4.3.2] on linux2 >Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>> import socket >>>> socket.gethostbyname('ip-72-55-191-6.static.privatedns.com') >'72.55.191.6' >>>>
See the following errors I in my case: $ python 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, May 18 2007, 16:56:43) [GCC 3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)] on cygwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import socket Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named socket >>> socket.gethostbyname('ip-72-55-191-6.static.privatedns.com') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'socket' is not defined -- .: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list