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Date:      Wed, 25 Jul 2001 12:00:11 -0400
From:      Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alexey Zelkin <phantom@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:  <20010725120011.A77004@coffee.q9media.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010725104248.A38544@ark.cris.net>; from phantom@FreeBSD.org on Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 10:42:48AM %2B0300
References:  <20010724234111.A75705@coffee.q9media.com> <20010725104248.A38544@ark.cris.net>

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On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 10:42:48AM +0300, Alexey Zelkin wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 11:41:11PM -0400, Mike Barcroft wrote:
> > 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...

Would you care to explain?  It seems to me, I did exactly that.

> > 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.

Actually, ache did indeed request I add this feature before removing
the -R flag.

Best regards,
Mike Barcroft

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