Basic interface address manipulation

examples/add_addr.rb

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+LIBDIR = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib'))
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift LIBDIR
+
+require 'netlink/route'
+
+nl = Netlink::Route::Socket.new
+puts "\n*** Before adding address"
+nl.addrs["lo"][Socket::AF_INET].each { |x| puts x.address }
+
+begin
+  nl.add_addr(:index=>"lo", :local=>"1.2.3.4", :prefixlen=>32)
+rescue Errno::EEXIST
+end
+puts "\n*** After adding address"
+nl.addrs["lo"][Socket::AF_INET].each { |x| puts x.address }
+
+nl.delete_addr(:index=>"lo", :local=>"1.2.3.4", :prefixlen=>32)
+puts "\n*** After deleting address"
+nl.addrs["lo"][Socket::AF_INET].each { |x| puts x.address }
+