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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.
 


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