LIBDIR = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib')) $LOAD_PATH.unshift LIBDIR require 'linux/netlink/route' ip = Linux::Netlink::Route::Socket.new puts "\n*** Before adding address" ip.addr.list(:index=>"lo", :family=>Socket::AF_INET) { |x| puts x.address } puts "\n*** After adding address" begin ip.addr.add(:index=>"lo", :local=>"1.2.3.4", :prefixlen=>32) rescue Errno::EEXIST puts "Already exists" end ip.addr.list(:index=>"lo", :family=>Socket::AF_INET) { |x| puts x.address } puts "\n*** After deleting address" ip.addr.delete(:index=>"lo", :local=>"1.2.3.4", :prefixlen=>32) ip.addr.list(:index=>"lo", :family=>Socket::AF_INET) { |x| puts x.address }