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I want my application to display ALL interfaces (including the down interface) on my system, except the loopback interface "lo". The following are the source codes of my application:
The interface "eth0", which is down, was not displayed, but loopback interface has been displayed. So, how can I make my application display all interfaces, including the interfaces which are down, but excluding the loopback interface?
Note: My application should not require any input from user.
How about looking at the source code for ifconfig, to see how it does it? Isn't that one of the defining beauties of Linux?
'I have a program that does what I want. How do I write a program that does the same thing?'. Never fails to amaze me how often people ask questions like that.
'I have a program that does what I want. How do I write a program that does the same thing?'. Never fails to amaze me how often people ask questions like that.
Fine, fine. cshong, does this shell script do the trick for you? It does for me.
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