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Firstly, parsing configuration files isn't really correct. And not nearly distro-independent either.

My first idea was to search for running dhclient processes, but each distribution uses a different esoteric command line. Even the binary name itself varies. In Fedora, it's dhclient. In Ubuntu, it's dhclient3.

Is there something in /proc or /sys that indicates that an IP is dynamic?

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Why exactly do you need this? What exactly are you trying to accomplish? – Juliano Sep 10 '09 at 19:21
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Have you grepped around in /var/lib/dhcp*/dh*lease* ? – Dennis Williamson Sep 10 '09 at 19:43
@Dennis: That looks good. I'm using it. – JCCyC Sep 10 '09 at 21:35
@Juliano: remote system info gathering. – JCCyC Sep 10 '09 at 21:35
@Dennis: Make it into an answer so I can accept it. – JCCyC Sep 10 '09 at 21:55
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Have you grepped around in /var/lib/dhcp*/dh*lease* ?

On my Ubuntu system, as an example, /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient-eth0.lease contains information about the current and recent leases.

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-1 because it is dhclient-specific and there are other DHCP clients. – bortzmeyer Sep 14 '09 at 8:30
The OP specified dhclient and dhclient3 in the question. – Dennis Williamson Sep 14 '09 at 13:34
So, how do pump and others store the leases? – JCCyC Sep 16 '09 at 21:07
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Check the DHCP server for a lease that matches the MAC address of the network card

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... using dhcping utility. – hayalci Sep 10 '09 at 21:00
I only have access to the client machine. – JCCyC Sep 10 '09 at 21:34
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