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class method

IPSocket.getaddress_orig

getaddress_orig(p1)

Alias of .getaddress

Lookups the IP address of host.

Example
require 'socket'

IPSocket.getaddress("localhost")     #=> "127.0.0.1"
IPSocket.getaddress("ip6-localhost") #=> "::1"
See also .getaddress .valid_v6? #addr also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1