Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 10:42:48 +0300 From: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org> To: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> Cc: audit@FreeBSD.org, ache@FreeBSD.org, des@FreeBSD.org, jabley@automagic.org Subject: Re: whois(1) new features for review Message-ID: <20010725104248.A38544@ark.cris.net> In-Reply-To: <20010724234111.A75705@coffee.q9media.com>; from mike@FreeBSD.org on Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 11:41:11PM -0400 References: <20010724234111.A75705@coffee.q9media.com>
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hi, On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 11:41:11PM -0400, Mike Barcroft wrote: > I would appreciate reviews of the following changes I intend to make > to whois(1). If there are no objection I'd like to commit this in two > days. > > Patch also available at: > http://people.FreeBSD.org/~mike/patches/whois.20010724.patch > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > whois.20010724.patch > > o Move APNIC flag from -p to -A. Since, -p is usually associated > with specifying a port. Hmm... Looks like you did not exactly that in this patch... > o Add the -p flag for specifying a port. (PR: 28790) This is > useful for querying rwhois servers. Example: > whois -h rwhois.exodus.net -p 4321 216.136.180.0 > o Add the -c flag which allows one to get the same whois server > that would normally be determined if no arguments were specified. > (Concept based on work by phantom, requested by ache) Example: I think more appropriate is "suggested by: ache". Main idea was adding this feature to avoid polluting whois's command line options. > whois -c ru TCNET-MNT-RIPN > o Deprecate -R flag in favour of -c ru. Isn't '-R' worth complete removing ? Andrey ? What do you think ? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message
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