Macaddr-1.0.0

Ruby
1

NAME

macaddr

DESCRIPTION

cross platform mac address determination for ruby

URI

http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby
http://rubyforg.org/projects/codeforpeople

INSTALL

gem install macaddr

HISTORY

1.0.0:

 - rdoc added

 - eric hodel kicks ass.  to find why, see

   http://drawohara.com/post/44678286/eric-hodel-kicks-ass

SYNOPSIS

require ‘macaddr’

Mac.addr #=> first mac addr on your system
Mac.addr.list #=> all mac addrs on your system

enjoy.

a @ http://codeforpeople.com/

2

ara howard wrote:

Mac.addr #=> first mac addr on your system
Mac.addr.list #=> all mac addrs on your system

This Python library may be of interest:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2005-September/003746.html

Covers pretty much every which way to get the info without shelling out.

Regards,

Dan

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<(05/08/08 11:53) ara howard>

- eric hodel kicks ass.  to find why, see

  http://drawohara.com/post/44678286/eric-hodel-kicks-ass

You’re both awesome, thanks for the code!
–mg

4

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Daniel B. [email protected]
wrote:

URI
1.0.0:

Mac.addr #=> first mac addr on your system
Mac.addr.list #=> all mac addrs on your system

This Python library may be of interest:

[python-win32] detecting windows type

Covers pretty much every which way to get the info without shelling out.

But, if you use Python, you are selling out!

5

ara.t.howard wrote:

line[:1].isspace()]
“”“parses the output of windows ipconfig to find MAC addresses”""
ipaddress, mac = None, None
add it
Yes, that’s all I meant - that it had a bunch of alternative
implementations.

Regards,

Dan

6

ara.t.howard wrote:
line for line in lines if line and not line[:1].isspace()

Boy, that’s readable.

-Dana

7

On Aug 4, 2008, at 9:53 PM, Daniel B. wrote:

This Python library may be of interest:

[python-win32] detecting windows type

Covers pretty much every which way to get the info without shelling
out.

Regards,

Dan

hmmm - i don’t read too much python but this looks like shelling out:

def getmacs_ifconfig():
“”“parses the output of unix ifconfig to find mac addresses”“”
lines = os.popen(“ifconfig”, “r”).readlines()
headerlines = [line for line in lines if line and not
line[:1].isspace()]
for line in headerlines:
parts = line.split()
ifname = parts[0]
if ‘HWaddr’ in parts:
hwpart = parts.index(‘HWaddr’)
if hwpart+1 < len(parts):
mac = parts[hwpart+1]
yield mac

def getmacs_ipconfig():
“”“parses the output of windows ipconfig to find MAC addresses”“”
lines = os.popen(“ipconfig /all”, “r”).readlines()
for line in lines:
if line and not line[:1].isspace():
header = line
ipaddress, mac = None, None
elif line.strip():
if line.strip().startswith(“IP Address”) and “:” in line:
ipaddress = line.split(“:”, 1)[1].strip()
if mac:
yield mac
ipaddress, mac = None, None
if line.strip().startswith(“Physical Address”) and “:” in
line:
mac = line.split(“:”, 1)[1].strip()
if ipaddress:
yield mac
ipaddress, mac = None, None

you are right that’s it’s more complete though! if anyone wants to
add a test for their platform porting using this lib as ‘doc’ i’m
happy to add it

cheers.

a @ http://codeforpeople.com/