From 871358a6e552b991177446d4c96acc5dd892c213 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 13:06:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] before checking for network interfaces using if2ip(), check that the given name isn't an ip address --- lib/connect.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/connect.c b/lib/connect.c index 1b7a55b5a..125d388d8 100644 --- a/lib/connect.c +++ b/lib/connect.c @@ -213,7 +213,11 @@ static CURLcode bindlocal(struct connectdata *conn, char myhost[256] = ""; in_addr_t in; - if(Curl_if2ip(data->set.device, myhost, sizeof(myhost))) { + /* First check if the given name is an IP address */ + in=inet_addr(data->set.device); + + if((in == INADDR_NONE) && + Curl_if2ip(data->set.device, myhost, sizeof(myhost))) { /* * We now have the numerical IPv4-style x.y.z.w in the 'myhost' buffer */