Machine identification

[Tim Williams]

On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 12:59:57 -0500, Greg Lindstrom
<greg.lindstrom at novasyshealth.com> wrote:
> How can I get the name (or ip) of the machine where my python script is
> running?  I'd like to add it to my log entry.


import socket

print socket.gethostname()
print socket.getfqdn()

this_host = socket_gethostname()
print socket.gethostbyname(this_host)

# the following will give several IP addresses if you are
#multi-homed

print socket.gethostbyname_ex(this_host)