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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-14 14:58:28 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-14 14:58:28 +0000
commit96210b552abc81426a18b2ef15b867a9eeab4e87 (patch)
treefa6fe9da32bb8d4b0c3c2714267bda30221930cd /usr.bin/whois/whois.1
parente1f503677d44446ce65750011a5f31a05bece8b6 (diff)
Finish off cleanup usr.bin/ man pages.
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diff --git a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1
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--- a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1
+++ b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: whois.1,v 1.12 2000/03/04 22:19:27 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: whois.1,v 1.13 2000/03/14 14:58:26 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: whois.1,v 1.5 1995/08/31 21:51:32 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1990, 1993
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
.Op Fl h Ar host
.Ar name Op Ar ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm whois
+.Nm
looks up records in the databases maintained by several
Network Information Centers
.Pq Tn NICs Ns .
@@ -56,14 +56,16 @@ The options are as follows:
.It Fl a
Use the American Registry for Internet Numbers
.Pq Tn ARIN
-database. It contains network numbers used in those parts of the world
+database.
+It contains network numbers used in those parts of the world
covered neither by
.Tn APNIC nor by
.Tn RIPE .
.It Fl d
Use the (US Military) Defense Data Network
.Pq Tn DDN
-database. It contains points of contact for subdomains of
+database.
+It contains points of contact for subdomains of
.Tn \&.MIL Ns .
.It Fl g
Use the US non-military federal government database, which contains points of
@@ -76,8 +78,8 @@ 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
+database.
+It contains network numbers and domain contact information for most of
.Tn \&.COM ,
.Tn \&.NET ,
.Tn \&.ORG
@@ -92,7 +94,8 @@ number of operators' networks.
.It Fl p
Use the Asia/Pacific Network Information Center
.Pq Tn APNIC
-database. It contains network numbers used in East Asia, Australia,
+database.
+It contains network numbers used in East Asia, Australia,
New Zealand, and the Pacific islands.
.It Fl q
Construct the name of a whois server to use from the top-level domain
@@ -113,29 +116,32 @@ automatically for a large number of TLDs, i.e., all of the following will
This option is now the default.
.Pp
.It Fl Q
-Do a quick lookup. This means that
+Do a quick lookup.
+This means that
.Nm
will not attempt to lookup the name in the authoratative whois
server (if one is listed) nor will it contact InterNic if a lookup
-fails. This flag has no effect when combined with any other flag.
+fails.
+This flag has no effect when combined with any other flag.
.It Fl r
Use the R\(aaeseaux IP Europ\(aaeens
.Pq Tn RIPE
-database. It contains network numbers and domain contact information
-for Europe.
+database.
+It contains network numbers and domain contact information for Europe.
.It Fl R
Use the Russia Network Information Center
.Pq Tn RIPN
-database. It contains network numbers and domain contact information
+database.
+It contains network numbers and domain contact information
for subdomains of
.Tn \&.RU Ns .
.El
.Pp
The operands specified to
-.Nm whois
+.Nm
are concatenated together (separated by whitespace) and presented to
the
-.Nm whois
+.Nm
server.
.Pp
The default action, unless directed otherwise with a special
@@ -148,11 +154,11 @@ For more information as to what
.Ar name
operands have special meaning, and how to guide the search, use
the special name
-.Dq Ar help .
+.Dq help .
.Sh SEE ALSO
RFC 812: Nicname/Whois
.Sh HISTORY
The
-.Nm whois
+.Nm
command appeared in
.Bx 4.3 .