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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/whois/whois.1')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 index 52da220..45b3867 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 January 23, 2006 +.Dd October 2, 2009 .Dt WHOIS 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ .Nd "Internet domain name and network number directory service" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm -.Op Fl aAbdfgiIklmQrR6 +.Op Fl aAbfgiIklmQrR .Op Fl c Ar country-code | Fl h Ar host .Op Fl p Ar port .Ar name ... @@ -82,11 +82,6 @@ This is the equivalent of using the .Fl h option with an argument of .Qq Ar country-code Ns Li .whois-servers.net . -.It Fl d -Use the US Department of Defense -database. -It contains points of contact for subdomains of -.Pa .MIL . .It Fl f Use the African Network Information Centre .Pq Tn AfriNIC @@ -212,17 +207,14 @@ This option is deprecated; use the option with an argument of .Qq Li RU instead. -.It Fl 6 -Use the IPv6 Resource Center -.Pq Tn 6bone -database. -It contains network names and addresses for the IPv6 network. -.El .Pp The operands specified to .Nm are treated independently and may be used as queries on different whois servers. +.El +.Sh EXIT STATUS +.Ex -std .Sh EXAMPLES Most types of data, such as domain names and .Tn IP @@ -255,15 +247,6 @@ but other .Tn TLDs can be queried by using a similar syntax.) .Pp -The following example demonstrates how to obtain information about an -.Tn IPv6 -address or hostname using the -.Fl 6 -option, which directs the query to -.Tn 6bone . -.Pp -.Dl "whois -6 IPv6-IP-Address" -.Pp The following example demonstrates how to query a whois server using a non-standard port, where .Dq Li query-data |