[Gambas-user] network info

[Rob]

On Thursday 26 October 2006 12:50, Benoit Minisini wrote:
> Good question. I don't think so, because I think sniffing
> packet requires special sockets. Maybe it is possible to
> enhance the gb.net command so that it provides the needed
> options...

I personally would shell out to a program already designed to do 
this sort of thing, like ethereal or plain old tcpdump or 
something like that, and use Gambas to parse and report on the 
output....

This is Unix, not Windows.... there are more ways to reuse code 
than just API calls or components.  I think you'll find that 
even graphical sniffer programs written in C or C++ run these 
tools over a pipe rather than reinventing the wheel.  Ditto with 
CD/DVD burning... I'm sure I'm not the only one who's written 
specialized burning front ends in Gambas, but no one has asked 
if it's possible to write a cdrecord replacement in Gambas 
itself.

Rob