From 2d924f8a6545bfe25a7a2d89c3ab844adc03ec88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Lantz <rlantz@cs.stanford.edu>
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:38:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add Mininet object to locals as 'net'

---
 mininet/cli.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mininet/cli.py b/mininet/cli.py
index 52a6760..79e55a4 100644
--- a/mininet/cli.py
+++ b/mininet/cli.py
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ class CLI( Cmd ):
         self.nodemap = {}  # map names to Node objects
         for node in self.nodelist:
             self.nodemap[ node.name ] = node
+        # Local variable bindings for py command
+        self.locals = { 'net': mininet }
+        self.locals.update( self.nodemap )
         # Attempt to handle input
         self.stdin = stdin
         self.inPoller = poll()
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ class CLI( Cmd ):
         """Evaluate a Python expression.
            Node names may be used, e.g.: h1.cmd('ls')"""
         try:
-            result = eval( line, globals(), self.nodemap )
+            result = eval( line, globals(), self.locals )
             if not result:
                 return
             elif isinstance( result, str ):