Class HostInfo

Class implementing resolver and hostname functionality

Instance Methods

__init__(self, name=None)
Initialize the host name object.

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ShortName(self)
Returns the hostname without domain.

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Static Methods

SysName()
Return the current system's name.

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LookupHostname(hostname)
Look up hostname

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Method Details

Initialize the host name object.

If the name argument is not passed, it will use this system's name.

Return the current system's name.

This is simply a wrapper over socket.gethostname().

Look up hostname

Parameters:

Returns: tuple

a tuple (name, aliases, ipaddrs) as returned by socket.gethostbyname_ex

Raises: