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author | Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> | 2002-11-20 03:50:49 +0100 |
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committer | Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> | 2013-03-30 02:31:29 +0100 |
commit | ebdd8a8c98d694f34b14c80e58abfa0ee70ac622 (patch) | |
tree | b3fe4e1479ce843d64867fabe57bbf93d9352be0 /whois.1 | |
parent | 71d154697941ca0b472565461b9005c7c0d1eb10 (diff) | |
download | whois-ebdd8a8c98d694f34b14c80e58abfa0ee70ac622.tar.gz |
Imported Debian version 4.5.33v4.5.33
Diffstat (limited to 'whois.1')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -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 |