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| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/whois/whois.1 | 10 |
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diff --git a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 index 280e2aa..d0ab409 100644 --- a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 +++ b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 @@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ 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: +.Pp +.D1 Ic $ whois -a foo3-ARIN +.Pp .It Fl d Use the US Department of Defense database. It contains points of contact for subdomains of @@ -98,6 +103,11 @@ Also, note that the InterNIC database 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: +.Pp +.D1 Ic $ whois -i 'handle foo3' +.Pp .It Fl m Use the Route Arbiter Database .Pq Tn RADB |
