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Clean up whois manual.
Document the RA_SERVER environment variable. Remove the obsolete -R option, and discourage people from trying to use the Network Solutions server. Describe the default behaviour in the DESCRIPTION section, not buried in the options.
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@ -47,6 +47,38 @@ utility looks up records in the databases maintained by several
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Network Information Centers
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.Pq Tn NICs .
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.Pp
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By default
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.Nm
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constructs the name of a whois server to use from the top-level domain
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.Pq Tn TLD
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of the supplied (single) argument, and appending
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.Qq Li .whois-servers.net .
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This effectively allows a suitable whois server to be selected
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automatically for a large number of
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.Tn TLDs .
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.Pp
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In the event that an IP
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address is specified, the whois server will default to the American
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Registry for Internet Numbers
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.Pq Tn ARIN .
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If a query to
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.Tn ARIN
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references
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.Tn APNIC , AfriNIC , LACNIC ,
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or
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.Tn RIPE ,
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that server will be queried also, provided that the
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.Fl Q
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option is not specified.
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.Pp
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If the query is not a domain name or IP address,
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.Nm
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will fall back to
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the host specified in the
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.Ev RA_SERVER
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environment variable, or if that is not set, it will use
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.Pa whois.crsnic.net .
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl a
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@ -90,64 +122,10 @@ contact for subdomains of
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.It Fl h Ar host
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Use the specified host instead of the default variant.
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Either a host name or an IP address may be specified.
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.Pp
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By default
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.Nm
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constructs the name of a whois server to use from the top-level domain
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.Pq Tn TLD
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of the supplied (single) argument, and appending
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.Qq Li .whois-servers.net .
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This effectively allows a suitable whois server to be selected
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automatically for a large number of
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.Tn TLDs .
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.Pp
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In the event that an IP
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address is specified, the whois server will default to the American
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Registry for Internet Numbers
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.Pq Tn ARIN .
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If a query to
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.Tn ARIN
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references
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.Tn APNIC , AfriNIC , LACNIC ,
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or
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.Tn RIPE ,
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that server will be queried also, provided that the
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.Fl Q
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option is not specified.
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.Pp
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If the query is not a domain name or IP address,
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.Nm
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will fall back to
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.Pa whois.crsnic.net .
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.It Fl i
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Use the Network Solutions Registry for Internet Numbers
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Use the obsolete Network Solutions Registry for Internet Numbers
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.Pq Pa whois.networksolutions.com
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database.
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It contains network numbers and domain contact information for most of
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.Pa .COM , .NET , .ORG
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and
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.Pa .EDU
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domains.
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.Pp
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.Sy NOTE !
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The registration of these domains is now done by a number of
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independent and competing registrars and this database holds no information
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on the domains registered by organizations other than Network Solutions, Inc.
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Also, note that the
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.Tn InterNIC
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database
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.Pq Pa whois.internic.net
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is no longer handled by Network Solutions, Inc.
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For details, see
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.Pa http://www.internic.net/ .
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.Pp
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(Hint: Contact information, identified by the term
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.Em handle ,
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can be looked up by prefixing
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.Qq Li "handle "
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to the
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.Tn NIC
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handle in the query.)
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.It Fl I
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Use the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
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.Pq Tn IANA
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@ -190,24 +168,21 @@ Use the R\(aaeseaux IP Europ\(aaeens
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database.
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It contains network numbers and domain contact information
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for Europe.
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.It Fl R
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Use the Russia Network Information Center
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.Pq Tn RIPN
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database.
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It contains network numbers and domain contact information
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for subdomains of
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.Pa .RU .
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This option is deprecated; use the
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.Fl c
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option with an argument of
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.Qq Li RU
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instead.
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.El
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.Pp
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The operands specified to
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.Nm
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are treated independently and may be used
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as queries on different whois servers.
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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.Bl -tag
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.It Ev RA_SERVER
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The default whois server.
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If this is unset,
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.Nm
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will use
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.Pa whois.crsnic.net .
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.El
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.Sh EXIT STATUS
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.Ex -std
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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