#!/usr/bin/python
#
# Do hostname lookups in a separate thread in case
# we're not connected - otherwise we hang for too long.
#
import os
import socket
import thread
import threading

def wakeup():
    print 'WAKEUP'
    thread.interrupt_main()

t=threading.Timer(4,wakeup)
t.start()
fqdn=socket.getfqdn()
print 'LOOKUP:',fqdn,socket.gethostbyname(fqdn)
t.cancel()