Re: IP Address Variable?

["Joe Giles" <jgiles joeman1 com>]

Worked Like a charm... Thanks man...

Joe

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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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Joe Giles
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