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Date:	Wed, 4 Jan 2006 09:28:58 -0500
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Probably useless if you're behind any kind of NAT device.   

--David

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon A. Lambert [mailto:jlsysinc AT alltel DOT net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:17
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Utility to get IP address of the machine

Alex Vinokur wrote:
> What is Cygwin utility to get IP address of the machine?
>

Here's another way to get the IP of your machine, from outside your
network.

ruby -ropen-uri -e "URI.parse('http://www.whatismyip.com').read =~ 
/((\d+\.?){4})/; puts $&"

--
J Lambert




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