Re: How to find my IPAddress

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From: Phil Frisbie, Jr. (phil_at_hawksoft.com)
Date: 02/26/05

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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:06:11 -0800

Bishman wrote:

> Sorry if this question is tediously basic for this forum but I need to find
> the IP address for my local machine.
>
> I have sniffed around "getaddressbyname".
>
> It looks a bit long winded. Before I dive in is this the API I need ?

Use gethostname() followed by gethostbyname()

> Cheers.....

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Phil Frisbie, Jr.
Hawk Software
http://www.hawksoft.com

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