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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message
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