MaheshD: The issue is as below :
My machine : pc-vj.sj.com
Bash command : "hostname" returns - pc-vj.sj.com and ip-address is 10.0.0.225
But
Tclsh8.4 command : "info hostname" returns - localhost.localdomain and ip-address is 127.0.0.1
Expected is the same behavior as the bash euqivalent "hostname".
Why is this ambiguity ? Is it not reliable to use "info hostname" ? If yes (not reliable), what is the equivalent command (other than bash hostname) ?
Lars H: How to find my own ip address is probably relevant reading. But if you know you'll always want exactly what the shell hostname command returns, then you can of course do exec hostname. Also, TclX has a host_info command.
MaheshD - 2010-04-08 06:04:33
The problem is not with fetching the ip-address. I have a function, which does sufficiently well to return the correct ip-address. Problem is with the hostname.
MaheshD - 2010-04-08 08:01:40
Sorry, for introducing the confusion. "info hostname" did not return any ip-address. The return value of the command "info hostname" was piped to another command to get the ip-address.
I have added the ip-address here just to emphasize the dependency on hostname to get the ip-address.
I will once again place my question more clearly :
machine name : pc-vj.sj.com
Bash command : hostname - It returns : pc-vj.sj.com , this is input to my GetIp () function which returns : 10.0.0.225
But
Tclsh8.4 command : info hostname - It returns : localhost.localdomain , this is input to my GetIp () function which returns : 127.0.0.1
The requirement from Tclsh command is the result same as that from the Bash equivalent hostname