get ip

sourceuno · Post by **sourceuno** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 6:10 pm

How can I retrieve the IP address of the machine that I'm running a Vortex script from? I tried using $SERVER_NAME but that returns nothing.

Post by **John** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 10:55 pm

Is $REMOTE_ADDR what you want, or maybe $HTTP_HOST is?

sourceuno · Post by **sourceuno** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 10:39 am

I'm trying to retrieve the IP address for a script run from the command line. Is it possible using these variables?

Post by **Kai** » Fri Jan 25, 2002 10:44 am

No. These variables are set by the web server for the CGI environment, when Vortex runs from a web server. To get the local IP address of the machine while running from the command-line would require platform-specific calls unavailable in Vortex. Under Unix, you might be able to <EXEC> the "hostname" command, then use <nslookup> to resolve that name.