Can somebody help me why this code fails in linux

[Raghu]

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wxString BasicFrame::GetMyIp() 
{ 
    wxIPV4address MyIp;
    wxString MyHostName = MyIp.Hostname(); /* Get my hostname */
    wxString sMyIp;	
    bool bRet;
    bRet = MyIp.Hostname(MyHostName); /* Set MyIp to my Hostname */
    if (bRet == true) 
   {
      sMyIp = MyIp.IPAddress(); /* Get Ip address of my Hostname */
   }
   else
   {
       sMyIp = "0.0.0.0";
   }
   return sMyIp;
}

This code returns the Ipaddr of the system in windows. What when I run this in linux it trows error saying "Trying to solve NULL hostname:giving up" and returns 0.0.0.0. Hostname(MyHostName) is returning false.

regards

[protocol]

Try creating another instance of wxIPV4address and use the new instance to set MyIp to your Hostname.

Let me know if it works.

[fgleich]

some linux systems don't set the hostname. In a shell, type in "hostname", and see it anything is set. If not, that's the problem. There should be some administration documentation for your flavor on setting the hostname.

good luck

[jlh]

Take this fragment:

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wxIPV4address MyIp;
wxString MyHostName = MyIp.Hostname(); /* Get my hostname */

What makes you believe that this will set MyHostName to your hostname? Neither in wxGTK nor in the documentation did I find anything that says that the default constructor of wxIPV4address would set the object to the machine's IP, so that you could retrieve its hostname with wxIPV4address::Hostname().

I didn't find this explicitely in the documentation either, but a glance at the wxGTK source hints at that the default constructor of wxIPV4address will set the IP to all zeros and the hostname to the empty string (which is why you get that error message).

This makes me wonder why this works on windows. At best, this would be an undocumented and unportable feature.

EDIT: This works for me (linux/wxGTK):

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#include <wx/socket.h>
#include <wx/utils.h>
wxString hostname = wxGetHostName(); /* or wxGetFullHostName() */
wxIPV4address ipaddr;
ipaddr.Hostname(hostname);
wxString ipstring = ipaddr.IPAddress();