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authorMarco d'Itri <md@linux.it>2002-11-20 03:50:49 +0100
committerMarco d'Itri <md@linux.it>2013-03-30 02:31:29 +0100
commitebdd8a8c98d694f34b14c80e58abfa0ee70ac622 (patch)
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parent71d154697941ca0b472565461b9005c7c0d1eb10 (diff)
downloadwhois-ebdd8a8c98d694f34b14c80e58abfa0ee70ac622.tar.gz
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@@ -41,9 +41,12 @@ Do not display the legal disclaimers some registries like to show you.
.B \-p PORT
Connect to PORT.
.TP 8
-.B \-V
+.B \--verbose
Be verbose.
.TP 8
+.B \--help
+Display online help.
+.TP 8
Other options are flags understood by RIPE-like servers.
.SH NOTES
Please remember that \fIwhois.networksolutions.com\fP by default will
@@ -54,13 +57,10 @@ NIC handles or people names you have to prepend the appropriate keyword
If the \fI!\fP character is prepended to a NIC handle, the default
server becomes \fIwhois.networksolutions.com\fP.
.P
-When querying \fIwhois.arin.net\fP for AS numbers, the program will
+When querying \fIwhois.nic.mil\fP for AS numbers, the program will
automatically convert the request in the appropriate format, inserting
a space after the string "AS".
.P
-When querying \fIwhois.ncst.ernet.in\fP for a string without spaces, the
-\fIdomain\fP keyword is prepended.
-.P
When querying \fIwhois.corenic.net\fP, machine readable output is requested.
.P
RIPE-specific options are ignored when querying non-RIPE servers.
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ the \fI-H\fP flag is not used.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fIRFC 812\fP: NICNAME/WHOIS
.PP
-\fIRIPE-157\fP, \fIRIPE-189\fP: RIPE NCC Database Documentation
+\fIRIPE-223\fP: RIPE NCC Database Documentation
.PP
-Detailed help on available flags can be found in \fIRIPE-157\fP or in
+Detailed help on available flags can be found in \fIRIPE-223\fP or in
the help file which can be obtained with the command:
.IP
.B whois -h whois.ripe.net HELP