Method: Specinfra::Command::Darwin::Base::Host.get_ipaddress

Defined in:
lib/specinfra/command/darwin/base/host.rb

.get_ipaddress(name) ⇒ Object 


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# File 'lib/specinfra/command/darwin/base/host.rb', line 23

def get_ipaddress(name)
  # If the query returns multiple records the most likey match is returned.
  # Generally this means IPv6 wins over IPv4.
  %Q{dscacheutil -q host -a name #{escape(name)} | } + 
  %Q{awk '/^ipv6_/{ ip = $2 }; /^$/{ exit }; /^ip_/{ ip = $2; exit}; END{ print ip }'}
end