From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Oct 4 3: 0:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64F9F14DF5 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 03:00:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id DAA07920; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 03:00:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 03:00:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199910041000.DAA07920@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: bin/14095: Cosmetic changes to whois(1) Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/14095; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn To: Joe Abley 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