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| author | Pete <pete@debu.gs> | 2024-04-16 18:32:35 -0700 |
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| committer | Pete <pete@debu.gs> | 2024-04-16 18:32:35 -0700 |
| commit | 58d025fb4c077129a0622184e9aa7e249fc2b981 (patch) | |
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Document whois(1).
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diff --git a/man/1/whois b/man/1/whois new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dfaefe88 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/1/whois @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +.TH WHOIS 1 +.SH NAME +whois \- query whois databases +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B whois +[ +.B -a +.I server +] +[ +.B -n +] +.I host +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Whois +queries whois servers to find owner information for domain names and +network addresses. By default, it looks for referrals to other whois +database servers and queries the next server in the chain if it finds +one. + +.TP +.B -a +Specify a different server to start the query. (Default: +.I tcp!whois.iana.org!43 +) +.TP +.B -n +Do not attempt to follow referrals. +.SH EXAMPLE +To query for the owner of a domain and then an IP address, using a +specific server while ignoring referrals to other servers: +.IP +.EX +whois inferno-os.org +whois -a whois.ripe.net -n 148.251.6.120 +.EE +.SH SOURCE +.B /appl/cmd/whois.b +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR RFC3912 |