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tcp-peer-ip

function

Library: TCP/IP client and server support (OMTCP legacy, OmniMark versions 6.0.2 - 7.0)
Include: omtcp.xin

Returns:


Declaration 
define external stream function tcp-peer-ip
      value tcp-connection Connection

Argument definitions

Connection
is an existing connection.


Purpose

Use tcp-peer-ip to determine the IP address of the peer host on the other side of a connection.

Requirements

You must include the following line at the beginning of your OmniMark program: 

  include "omtcp.xin"

Connection must exist (else external exception TCP05).

Usage Notes

The IP address is returned in dotted decimal format (for example, "127.0.0.1").

Example 


  local tcp-service Demo
  local tcp-connection Client
  
  set Demo to tcp-create-service at 5600
  
  repeat
     set Client to tcp-accept-connection Demo
     output "Request from " ||  tcp-peer-ip Client || "%n"
     ;process request
  again

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