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diff --git a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dd9d81a --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)whois.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" +.Dd June 6, 1993 +.Dt WHOIS 1 +.Os BSD 4.3 +.Sh NAME +.Nm whois +.Nd Internet user name directory service +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm whois +.Op Fl h Ar hostname +.Ar name ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Whois +looks up records in the Network Information Center +.Pq Tn NIC +database. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl h +Use the specified host instead of the default NIC (nic.ddn.mil). +.El +.Pp +The operands specified to +.Nm whois +are concatenated together (separated by white-space) and presented to +the +.Nm whois +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 Ar help . +.Sh SEE ALSO +RFC 812: Nicname/Whois +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm whois +command appeared in +.Bx 4.3 . |