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author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-05-22 07:05:39 +0000 |
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committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-05-22 07:05:39 +0000 |
commit | c78dfea20cde27f8674932abc6c9ca372e4220bc (patch) | |
tree | f05b4b4c4abf7ba0be3d351057e78b683bce13e8 /usr.bin/whois | |
parent | 85efd8a1d67a599a05f2baaec9ccf3667bd3873e (diff) | |
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mdoc(7) police: fix markup.
Submitted by: roam, ru
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diff --git a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 index 7e9263e..5072473 100644 --- a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 +++ b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 @@ -34,43 +34,46 @@ .\" .Dd November 17, 1999 .Dt WHOIS 1 -.Os BSD 4.3 +.Os .Sh NAME .Nm whois -.Nd Internet domain name and network number directory service +.Nd "Internet domain name and network number directory service" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl adgimpQrR6 .Op Fl h Ar host .Ar name ... .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Whois +.Nm looks up records in the databases maintained by several Network Information Centers .Pq Tn NICs . .Pp The options are as follows: -.Bl -tag -width Ds +.Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl a Use the American Registry for Internet Numbers .Pq Tn ARIN -database. It contains network numbers used in those parts of the world -covered neither by -.Tn APNIC nor by +database. +It contains network numbers used in those parts of the world covered neither by +.Tn APNIC +nor by .Tn RIPE . -Contact (handle) information should be looked up by appending "-ARIN" to the -NIC handle: +Contact (handle) information should be looked up by appending +.Qq Li -ARIN +to the NIC handle: .Pp -.D1 Ic $ whois -a foo3-ARIN +.Dl "$ whois -a foo3-ARIN" .Pp .It Fl d Use the US Department of Defense -database. It contains points of contact for subdomains of -.Tn \&.MIL . +database. +It contains points of contact for subdomains of +.Pa .MIL . .It Fl g Use the US non-military federal government database, which contains points of contact for subdomains of -.Tn \&.GOV . +.Pa .GOV . .It Fl h Ar host Use the specified host instead of the default variant. Either a host name or an IP address may be specified. @@ -79,34 +82,42 @@ By default .Nm construct the name of a whois server to use from the top-level domain .Pq Tn TLD -of the supplied (single) argument, and appending ".whois-servers.net". +of the supplied (single) argument, and appending +.Qq Li .whois-servers.net . This effectively allows a suitable whois server to be selected automatically for a large number of TLDs. -If no required whois-servers.net subdomain found, fallback -to whois.crsnic.net provided. +If no required +.Pa whois-servers.net +subdomain found, fallback to +.Pa whois.crsnic.net +provided. .It Fl i Use the Network Solutions Registry for Internet Numbers -.Pq Tn whois.networksolutions.com -database. It contains network numbers and domain contact information -for most of -.Tn \&.COM , -.Tn \&.NET , -.Tn \&.ORG +.Pq Pa whois.networksolutions.com +database. +It contains network numbers and domain contact information for most of +.Pa .COM , .NET , .ORG and -.Tn \&.EDU +.Pa .EDU domains. -NOTE! The registration of these domains is now done by a number of +.Pp +.Sy NOTE ! +The registration of these domains is now done by a number of independent and competing registrars and this database holds no information -on the domains registered by organizations other than Network Solutions, Inc. -Also, note that the InterNIC database -.Pq Tn whois.internic.net +on the domains registered by organizations other than Network Solutions, Inc. +Also, note that the +.Tn InterNIC +database +.Pq Pa whois.internic.net is no longer handled by Network Solutions, Inc. -For details, see: -http://www.internic.net/. -Contact (handle) information should be looked up by prefixing "handle " to the -NIC handle in the querry: +For details, see +.Pa http://www.internic.net/ . .Pp -.D1 Ic $ whois -i 'handle foo3' +Contact (handle) information should be looked up by prefixing +.Qq Li "handle " +to the NIC handle in the querry: +.Pp +.Dl "$ whois -i 'handle foo3'" .Pp .It Fl m Use the Route Arbiter Database @@ -117,29 +128,35 @@ number of operators' networks. .It Fl p Use the Asia/Pacific Network Information Center .Pq Tn APNIC -database. It contains network numbers used in East Asia, Australia, +database. +It contains network numbers used in East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific islands. .It Fl Q -Do a quick lookup. This means that +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. +fails. +This flag has no effect when combined with any other flag. .It Fl r Use the R\(aaeseaux IP Europ\(aaeens .Pq Tn RIPE -database. It contains network numbers and domain contact information +database. +It contains network numbers and domain contact information for Europe. .It Fl R Use the Russia Network Information Center .Pq Tn RIPN -database. It contains network numbers and domain contact information +database. +It contains network numbers and domain contact information for subdomains of -.Tn \&.RU . +.Pa .RU . .It Fl 6 Use the IPv6 Resource Center .Pq Tn 6bone -database. It contains network names and addresses for the IPv6 network. +database. +It contains network names and addresses for the IPv6 network. .El .Pp The operands specified to @@ -159,7 +176,7 @@ For more information as to what .Ar name operands have special meaning, and how to guide the search, use the special name -.Dq Ar help . +.Dq Li help . .Sh SEE ALSO .Rs .%A Ken Harrenstien |