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author | mike <mike@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-12-16 01:44:49 +0000 |
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committer | mike <mike@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-12-16 01:44:49 +0000 |
commit | 22f5b26d81d78fe6779dfd9c8c42940e528876d4 (patch) | |
tree | 506022cca0a0ae19b5842ecfff0e846cb79805b3 /usr.bin/whois | |
parent | 6737fb8eb7995cece80033a2749d722fd86e8038 (diff) | |
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Fix a typo. Don't call options flags. Remove some documentation that
is no longer applicable to whois. Bump document date.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/whois')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/whois/whois.1 | 27 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 index 4379f1e..d6c8946 100644 --- a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 +++ b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" From: @(#)whois.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd September 4, 2001 +.Dd December 15, 2001 .Dt WHOIS 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -165,9 +165,8 @@ Do a quick lookup. This means that .Nm will not attempt to lookup the name in the authoritative whois -server (if one is listed) nor will it contact InterNic if a lookup -fails. -This flag has no effect when combined with any other flag. +server (if one is listed). +This option has no effect when combined with any other options. .It Fl r Use the R\(aaeseaux IP Europ\(aaeens .Pq Tn RIPE @@ -195,22 +194,8 @@ It contains network names and addresses for the IPv6 network. .Pp The operands specified to .Nm -are concatenated together (separated by white-space) and presented to -the -.Nm -server. -.Pp -The default action, unless directed otherwise with a special -.Ar name , -is to do a very broad search, looking for matches to -.Ar name -in all types of records and most fields (name, nicknames, hostname, net -address, etc.) in the database. -For more information as to what -.Ar name -operands have special meaning, and how to guide the search, use -the special name -.Dq Li help . +are treated independently and may be used +as queries on different whois servers. .Sh EXAMPLES Most types of data, such as domain names and .Tn IP @@ -221,7 +206,7 @@ without any options, and will choose the correct whois server to query. Some exceptions, where .Nm -will not be able to handled data correctly, are detailed below. +will not be able to handle data correctly, are detailed below. .Pp To obtain contact information about an administrator located in the Russian |