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authorJakob Schlyter <jakob@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-02-19 11:49:43 +0000
committerJakob Schlyter <jakob@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-02-19 11:49:43 +0000
commit1ed9c49f93b84645b94c8891e60d84043df03c91 (patch)
tree3c925b238c9edcf24579b517117140fce2f7ada5
parentdeeb4aa7d9bcb8e110b89f4b07b9b65d2eef1e02 (diff)
style; David Krause
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/bind/bin/dig/nslookup.823
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bind/bin/dig/nslookup.8 b/usr.sbin/bind/bin/dig/nslookup.8
index abf9e132fd9..d49deb702dc 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bind/bin/dig/nslookup.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/bind/bin/dig/nslookup.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: nslookup.8,v 1.2 2003/02/18 11:05:12 jakob Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: nslookup.8,v 1.3 2003/02/19 11:49:42 jakob Exp $
.\"
.\" ++Copyright++ 1985, 1989
.\" -
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ is the host name or Internet address of a name server.
.Pp
Non-interactive mode is used when the name or Internet address
of the host to be looked up
-is given as the first argument. The optional second argument specifies
+is given as the first argument.
+The optional second argument specifies
the host name or address of a name server.
.Pp
The options listed under the
@@ -96,9 +97,11 @@ command below can be specified in
the
.Pa .nslookuprc
file in the user's home directory if they are listed
-one per line. Options can also be specified
+one per line.
+Options can also be specified
on the command line if they precede the arguments and are prefixed with
-a hyphen. For example, to change the default query type to host information,
+a hyphen.
+For example, to change the default query type to host information,
and the initial timeout to 10 seconds, type:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
nslookup -query=hinfo -timeout=10
@@ -131,7 +134,8 @@ the name of the host is returned.
If
.Ar host
is a name and does not have a trailing period, the default
-domain name is appended to the name. (This behavior depends on the state of the
+domain name is appended to the name.
+(This behavior depends on the state of the
.Ic set
options
.Ic domain , srchlist , defname ,
@@ -187,7 +191,8 @@ abbreviation =
.It Xo
.Oo Ic no Oc Ns Ic debug
.Xc
-Turn debugging mode on. A lot more information is printed about the
+Turn debugging mode on.
+A lot more information is printed about the
packet sent to the server and the resulting answer.
.Pp
(Default =
@@ -242,7 +247,8 @@ Change the default domain name to
and the domain search list
to
.Ar name1 , name2 ,
-etc. A maximum of 6 names separated by slashes (/)
+etc.
+A maximum of 6 names separated by slashes (/)
can be specified.
For example,
.Bd -literal -offset indent
@@ -369,7 +375,8 @@ abbreviation =
.It Ic timeout Ns = Ns Ar number
Change the initial timeout interval for waiting for a reply to
.Ar number
-seconds. Each retry doubles the timeout period.
+seconds.
+Each retry doubles the timeout period.
.Pp
(Default = 5 seconds; abbreviation =
.Ic ti )