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
SYNOPSIS
require 'macaddr'
Mac.addr #=> first mac addr on your system
Mac.addr.list #=> all mac addrs on your system
enjoy.
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we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being better. simply reflect on that.
h.h. the 14th dalai lama
quoth the ara.t.howard:
NAME
macaddr
DESCRIPTION
cross platform mac address determination for ruby
This is too perfect, I was just going to start looking for some code to find
MAC addresses for a project I plan to start. Thanks!
-d
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darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org
"...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..."
- Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972
Thanks Ara..
Quick question, what does first mean?
Do you look at interface metrics or weights, or just the first alphabetic interface? Thx
On Sep 8, 2007, at 1:38 PM, "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@gmail.com> wrote:
NAME
macaddr
DESCRIPTION
cross platform mac address determination for ruby
URI
http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby
http://rubyforg.org/projects/codeforpeopleINSTALL
gem install macaddr
SYNOPSIS
require 'macaddr'
Mac.addr #=> first mac addr on your system
Mac.addr.list #=> all mac addrs on your systemenjoy.
a @ http://drawohara.com/
--
we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being better. simply reflect on that.
h.h. the 14th dalai lama
quoth the ara.t.howard:
funny 
NAME
macaddr
DESCRIPTION
cross platform mac address determination for ruby
This is too perfect, I was just going to start looking for some code to find
MAC addresses for a project I plan to start. Thanks!
great. it's pretty simply code, but known to work on osx, linux, and windoze. patches for other oses appreciated.
kind regards.
On Sep 8, 2007, at 12:48 PM, darren kirby wrote:
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we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being better. simply reflect on that.
h.h. the 14th dalai lama
programs like 'ifconfig' dump out mac addrs in some order - i have no idea what that order is nor have made any effort to do so, esp on other platforms.
basically the 'macaddr' gem just knows how to shell out and parse the output of the appropriate networking status command on various platforms and scrapes the output for macaddr looking tokens.
so
Mac.addr #=> the first address seen in the output
Mac.addr.list #=> all mac addrs seen in the output (Array)
Mac.addr.list.first #=> the first one, same as Mac.addr
so far my uses of determining mac addr have simply been to get a unique id for things like encryption so i haven't cared *which* mac addr i found, only that i found *an* address.
answer your question?
kind regards.
On Sep 8, 2007, at 5:29 PM, X1 wrote:
Quick question, what does first mean?
Do you look at interface metrics or weights, or just the first alphabetic interface? Thx
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we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being better. simply reflect on that.
h.h. the 14th dalai lama
# Mac.addr #=> the first address seen in the output
# Mac.addr.list #=> all mac addrs seen in the output (Array)
# Mac.addr.list.first #=> the first one, same as Mac.addr
do you have plans to get macaddr on remote pc?
kind regards -botp
From: ara.t.howard [mailto:ara.t.howard@gmail.com]