Path: utzoo!bnr-vpa!bnr-fos!bmers58!davem
From: davem@bmers58.UUCP (Dave Mielke)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Determining one's own IP address.
Message-ID: <601@bmers58.UUCP>
Date: 7 Dec 89 13:47:16 GMT
Reply-To: davem@bnr-public.UUCP ()
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
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How can one determine his own IP address without looking it up in the
hosts file? It must be in memory somewhere but there is no obvious
system call to retrieve it. I would appreciate any assistance that
anyone can give.