From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Oct 4 3:10: 4 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 C0C3514DF5 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 03:10:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id DAA08532; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 03:10:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 03:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199910041010.DAA08532@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 12:03:49 +0200 On Mon, 04 Oct 1999 22:57:51 +1300, Joe Abley wrote: > Why were -r, -p, -a and -R added, in that case? I notice particularly > that -R is a recent addition. > > I used q for "quick" in the sense that you don't need to think about > which whois server you're using. Since Theo rolled this patch straight > into OpenBSD, it also now has the attraction of being consistent > with another OS :) Hmmm, you've thought about both points more than I have. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message