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def get_ip_address(ifname):    """Return the ip address of the specified interface name.    @param ifname: The name of the network interface.    @type ifname: String    @return: The ip address.    @rtype: String"""    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)    try:        return socket.inet_ntoa(fcntl.ioctl(            s.fileno(),            0x8915,  # SIOCGIFADDR            struct.pack('256s', ifname[:15])        )[20:24])    except Exception,e:        logging.error("Could not get address. Returning localhost. %s"%e)    return "127.0.0.1"