Ruby - Platform independent way to determine IPs of all network interfaces?

Question

Is there an easy way in Ruby for me to get a list of the IP addresses for all network interfaces? It needs to work in Linux/Win/OSX and I\'d prefer to not have to parse ifconfi

Answer 1

Check out the following post:

http://coderrr.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/get-your-local-ip-address/

There's also a discussion on the solution anshul posted in the comments.