Fix a typo. Don't call options flags. Remove some documentation that

is no longer applicable to whois.  Bump document date.
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Mike Barcroft 2001-12-16 01:44:49 +00:00
parent 43323a1d21
commit 42e82026b7
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
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@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" From: @(#)whois.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd September 4, 2001
.Dd December 15, 2001
.Dt WHOIS 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -165,9 +165,8 @@ Do a quick lookup.
This means that
.Nm
will not attempt to lookup the name in the authoritative whois
server (if one is listed) nor will it contact InterNic if a lookup
fails.
This flag has no effect when combined with any other flag.
server (if one is listed).
This option has no effect when combined with any other options.
.It Fl r
Use the R\(aaeseaux IP Europ\(aaeens
.Pq Tn RIPE
@ -195,22 +194,8 @@ It contains network names and addresses for the IPv6 network.
.Pp
The operands specified to
.Nm
are concatenated together (separated by white-space) and presented to
the
.Nm
server.
.Pp
The default action, unless directed otherwise with a special
.Ar name ,
is to do a very broad search, looking for matches to
.Ar name
in all types of records and most fields (name, nicknames, hostname, net
address, etc.) in the database.
For more information as to what
.Ar name
operands have special meaning, and how to guide the search, use
the special name
.Dq Li help .
are treated independently and may be used
as queries on different whois servers.
.Sh EXAMPLES
Most types of data, such as domain names and
.Tn IP
@ -221,7 +206,7 @@ without any options, and
will choose the correct whois server to query.
Some exceptions, where
.Nm
will not be able to handled data correctly, are detailed below.
will not be able to handle data correctly, are detailed below.
.Pp
To obtain contact information about an
administrator located in the Russian