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| author | Andrey A. Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-11-09 09:01:38 +0000 |
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| committer | Andrey A. Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-11-09 09:01:38 +0000 |
| commit | 036cc89feb8f2dc85c15585bf18cb76c076df984 (patch) | |
| tree | 53810d34a01a9126cb5d7922ad2b60c3ee464b9a /usr.bin/whois/whois.1 | |
| parent | 6c54a82eb679ff1cd8b737494ab871b737bfc12b (diff) | |
| download | src-036cc89feb8f2dc85c15585bf18cb76c076df984.tar.gz src-036cc89feb8f2dc85c15585bf18cb76c076df984.zip | |
Change default to whois.crsnic.net - new Central Shared Registry for domains
Move InterNIC to -i option
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=53048
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/whois/whois.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/whois/whois.1 | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 index bdb2e3b637a0..a083496f356d 100644 --- a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 +++ b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ .Nd Internet domain name and network number directory service .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm whois -.Op Fl adgprR +.Op Fl adgiprR .Op Fl h Ar host .Ar name ... .Sh DESCRIPTION @@ -68,8 +68,19 @@ contact for subdomains of .Tn \&.GOV . .It Fl h Ar host Use the specified host instead of the default NIC -(whois.internic.net). +(whois.crsnic.net). Either a host name or an IP address may be specified. +.It Fl i +Use the Network Solutions Registry for Internet Numbers +.Pq Tn InterNIC +database. It contains network numbers and domain contact information +for most of +.Tn \&.COM , +.Tn \&.NET , +.Tn \&.ORG +and +.Tn \&.EDU +domains. .It Fl p Use the Asia/Pacific Network Information Center .Pq Tn APNIC |