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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH WHOIS 1 "8 October 1999" "Marco d'Itri" "Debian GNU/Linux" +.TH WHOIS 1 "15 November 1999" "Marco d'Itri" "Debian GNU/Linux" .SH NAME whois \- client for the whois directory service .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -65,6 +65,19 @@ to find the registrar for a GTLD subdomain. This option overrides Be verbose. .TP 8 Other options are flags understood by RIPE-like servers. +.SH FEATURES +When querying +.I whois.arin.net +for AS numbers, the program will automatically convert the request in +the appropriate format, inserting a space after the string "AS". +.P +When querying +.I whois.nic.ad.jp +english text is requested unless the +.I LANG +environment variable specifies a Japanese locale. +.P +RIPE-specific options are ignored when querying non-RIPE servers. .SH "SEE ALSO" .I RFC 812: NICNAME/WHOIS @@ -74,7 +87,7 @@ RIPE NCC Database Documentation .PP Detailed help on available flags can be found in .I RIPE-157 -or in the help file, which can be downloaded with the command: +or in the help file, which can be obtained with the command: .IP .B whois -h whois.ripe.net HELP .SH HISTORY @@ -87,4 +100,3 @@ Kessens of QWest for the 6bone server. .B Whois and this man page were written by Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> and are licensed under the GPL. - |