Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 03:00:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/14095: Cosmetic changes to whois(1) Message-ID: <199910041000.DAA07920@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/14095; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Joe Abley <jabley@patho.gen.nz> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/14095: Cosmetic changes to whois(1) Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 11:54:19 +0200 On Sun, 03 Oct 1999 12:56:27 +1300, Joe Abley wrote: > 1. Added -m option, which selects whois.ra.net as the whois server. If this doesn't achieve anything other than ``-h whois.ra.net'', I wouldn't add it. > 2. Added -q option, which constructs a whois server to use based on > the TLD of the (single) argument, with ".whois-servers.net" appended. > The whois-servers.net zone is run by the people at ultradns.com. > This allows, for example, queries like I'd use something other than -q. Presumably you chose -q for "query", but that's pretty general, given the scope of the propgram. :-) The -q option is often used for quiet. How about -n or -z? Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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