sub getifip { my $ip = '0.0.0.0'; open(README,"/sbin/ifconfig $_[0] 2>&1 |"); while () { if ( /ad\w*:(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\s.*/ ) {$ip=$1} } close(README); #&slog("$_[0] has ip $ip","getifip"); return $ip; }