On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:40:29 -0700, Eric wrote: > Is there a library or regex that can determine if a string is a fqdn > (fully qualified domain name)? I'm writing a script that needs to add > a defined domain to the end of a hostname if it isn't already a fqdn > and doesn't contain the defined domain.
Try socket.getfqdn() or socket.gethostbyname_ex(). With one exception[1], you can't reliably do it just by examining the string; you have to ask the resolver. [1] If a hostname ends with a dot, it's fully qualified. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
