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 }