J$NETADDRESS

The J$NETADDRESS library routine retrieves the name and the IP address of the computer where this routine is executed.

Syntax:

CALL "J$NETADDRESS" USING computerName                             computerIpAddress

Parameters:

computerName	PIC X(n)	Receives the name of the computer where this routine has been executed.[*]
computerIpAddress	PIC X(n)	Receives the IP address of the computer where this routine has been executed.[*]

[*] A computer may have multiple IPs and multiple alias name for the same IP too, so you might not receive the expected IP and name. Usually a safe method to get the desired information is to change the hosts configuration file (/etc/hosts on Linux/Unix, %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts on Windows) appropriately.

Examples:

Example - Get the current computer name and ip address

*> define arguments as pic x(n) CALL "J$NETADDRESS" USING comp-Name comp-IpAddress