Mac + Ruby: Can't access ioctl of Socket? How to fix?
Good time of day. Ruby Code: def hw_address(iface) sock = Socket.new(Socket::AF_INET, Socket::SOCK_DGRAM,0) buf = [iface,""].pack('a16h16') sock.ioctl(SIOCGIFHWADDR, buf); sock.close return buf[18..24].to_etheraddr end puts hw_address('lo0') What it do: gets mac-address of interface. Works on Debian as expected. But on Mac OS X, im getting error: ``ioctl': Operation not supported on socket (Errno::EOPNOTSUPP)` Is there anyway to fix/pass this error message & get working ioctl on Sockets? http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?t=97909 "Following function[s] are not available at Mac OS X