Return-path: Received: from nm15.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com ([77.238.189.68]:33335 "HELO nm15.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1755463Ab3DWKF4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:05:56 -0400 From: Schrober To: Kai Hendry Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How to find ESSID & signal strength Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:00:07 +0200 Message-ID: <2075657.YTpB93Bl1M@bentobox> (sfid-20130423_120605_708496_0E6E2440) In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tuesday 23 April 2013 10:54:59 Kai Hendry wrote: > Since there is no "Contact us" details upon: > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw > > I'm nervously emailing the mailing list. :} > > > > I want to please ask what is the "canonical" way using your suite of > tools like `iw`, or preferably /proc, to find the ESSID of the AP I'm > connected to and signal strength for my dwm status bar? > > https://github.com/kaihendry/Kai-s--HOME/blob/master/bin/dwm_status#L23 "Do NOT screenscrape this tool, we don't consider its output stable." Use nl80211 -- Franz Schrober