hi, I'd like to get mac address, I know that I can use ifconfig, but does anybody know how to get it by c code? thank u

/*Hi: To get this info in "C", requires being familiar with the TCP/IP network routines. It also can be platform specific. The following program works on my Solaris 7 box. For more info, read Chapter 8 of Unix Network Programming by W. Richhard Stevens: (I placed the include files in double quotes simply because the form wipes out anything in double braces . Please change back to normal "C") */ #include "stdio.h" #include "sys/socket.h" #include "netinet/in.h" #include "netdb.h" #include "arpa/inet.h" /* inet_ntoa repository */ void main(argc, argv) int argc; char **argv; { struct hostent *hp; struct in_addr *ptr; /* get the server name */ if ((hp = gethostbyname("skinner")) == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "%s: server unknown.\n", *argv); exit (1); } /* get the address */ if(hp->h_addrtype = AF_INET) { while((ptr=(struct in_addr *) *hp->h_addr_list++) != NULL) fprintf(stderr, "address: %s \n", inet_ntoa(*ptr)); } exit(0); }