# http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/macaddr/macaddr-1.0.0/lib/macaddr.rb # ## # Cross platform MAC address determination. Works for: # * /sbin/ifconfig # * /bin/ifconfig # * ifconfig # * ipconfig /all # # To return the first MAC address on the system: # # Mac.address # # To return an array of all MAC addresses: # # Mac.address.list module Mac VERSION = '1.0.0' def Mac.version() ::Mac::VERSION end class << self ## # Accessor for the system's first MAC address, requires a call to #address # first attr_accessor "mac_address" ## # Discovers and returns the system's MAC addresses. Returns the first # MAC address, and includes an accessor #list for the remaining addresses: # # Mac.addr # => first address # Mac.addr.list # => all addresses def address return @mac_address if defined? @mac_address and @mac_address re = %r/[^:\-](?:[0-9A-F][0-9A-F][:\-]){5}[0-9A-F][0-9A-F][^:\-]/io cmds = '/sbin/ifconfig', '/bin/ifconfig', 'ifconfig', 'ipconfig /all' null = test(?e, '/dev/null') ? '/dev/null' : 'NUL' lines = nil cmds.each do |cmd| stdout = IO.popen("#{ cmd } 2> #{ null }"){|fd| fd.readlines} rescue next next unless stdout and stdout.size > 0 lines = stdout and break end raise "all of #{ cmds.join ' ' } failed" unless lines candidates = lines.select{|line| line =~ re} raise 'no mac address candidates' unless candidates.first candidates.map!{|c| c[re].strip} maddr = candidates.first raise 'no mac address found' unless maddr maddr.strip! maddr.instance_eval{ @list = candidates; def list() @list end } @mac_address = maddr end ## # Shorter alias for #address alias_method "addr", "address" end end