Re: IP Address Variable?

[Michael Fratoni <mfratoni tuxfan homeip net>]

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On Tuesday 30 July 2002 10:37 pm, Joe Giles wrote:
> Is there a preset variable in Linux that stores your IP address?
>
> I use DHCP, and I would like to use an IP variable (If one exists) to
> set my DISPLAY option... Can anyone help ?
>
> Example
>
> display=$MYIP:0;export display
>
> There $MYIP would be the actual Linux variable to export...

Not that I am aware of, but obtaining the info and exporting it is easy 
enough. Probably lots of better ways, but this should do it:

display=`/sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet addr" | cut -d : -f 2 | \
cut -d " " -f 1`; export display

Obviously, adjust "eth0" to suit the device in question.

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