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author | fanf <fanf@FreeBSD.org> | 2015-05-14 10:30:37 +0000 |
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committer | fanf <fanf@FreeBSD.org> | 2015-05-14 10:30:37 +0000 |
commit | 9a041aa829c4f46e00e3e24f6109e663600276e8 (patch) | |
tree | 567d64f638364cdcb334853e21d6afd37e61091f /usr.bin/whois | |
parent | 983d16c8e223fc64fe9cf0a048398f65e80f7667 (diff) | |
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Clean up whois manual.
Document the RA_SERVER environment variable.
Remove the obsolete -R option, and discourage people from trying
to use the Network Solutions server.
Describe the default behaviour in the DESCRIPTION section,
not buried in the options.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/whois')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/whois/whois.1 | 109 |
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 67 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 index 0f0f177..9ffa800 100644 --- a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 +++ b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 @@ -47,6 +47,38 @@ utility looks up records in the databases maintained by several Network Information Centers .Pq Tn NICs . .Pp +By default +.Nm +constructs the name of a whois server to use from the top-level domain +.Pq Tn TLD +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 +.Tn TLDs . +.Pp +In the event that an IP +address is specified, the whois server will default to the American +Registry for Internet Numbers +.Pq Tn ARIN . +If a query to +.Tn ARIN +references +.Tn APNIC , AfriNIC , LACNIC , +or +.Tn RIPE , +that server will be queried also, provided that the +.Fl Q +option is not specified. +.Pp +If the query is not a domain name or IP address, +.Nm +will fall back to +the host specified in the +.Ev RA_SERVER +environment variable, or if that is not set, it will use +.Pa whois.crsnic.net . +.Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl a @@ -90,64 +122,10 @@ contact for subdomains of .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. -.Pp -By default -.Nm -constructs the name of a whois server to use from the top-level domain -.Pq Tn TLD -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 -.Tn TLDs . -.Pp -In the event that an IP -address is specified, the whois server will default to the American -Registry for Internet Numbers -.Pq Tn ARIN . -If a query to -.Tn ARIN -references -.Tn APNIC , AfriNIC , LACNIC , -or -.Tn RIPE , -that server will be queried also, provided that the -.Fl Q -option is not specified. -.Pp -If the query is not a domain name or IP address, -.Nm -will fall back to -.Pa whois.crsnic.net . .It Fl i -Use the Network Solutions Registry for Internet Numbers +Use the obsolete Network Solutions Registry for Internet Numbers .Pq Pa whois.networksolutions.com database. -It contains network numbers and domain contact information for most of -.Pa .COM , .NET , .ORG -and -.Pa .EDU -domains. -.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 -.Tn InterNIC -database -.Pq Pa whois.internic.net -is no longer handled by Network Solutions, Inc. -For details, see -.Pa http://www.internic.net/ . -.Pp -(Hint: Contact information, identified by the term -.Em handle , -can be looked up by prefixing -.Qq Li "handle " -to the -.Tn NIC -handle in the query.) .It Fl I Use the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority .Pq Tn IANA @@ -190,24 +168,21 @@ Use the R\(aaeseaux IP Europ\(aaeens 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 -for subdomains of -.Pa .RU . -This option is deprecated; use the -.Fl c -option with an argument of -.Qq Li RU -instead. .El .Pp The operands specified to .Nm are treated independently and may be used as queries on different whois servers. +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag +.It Ev RA_SERVER +The default whois server. +If this is unset, +.Nm +will use +.Pa whois.crsnic.net . +.El .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std .Sh EXAMPLES |