WHOIS(1,C) AIX TCP/IP User's Guide WHOIS(1,C) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- whois PURPOSE DARPA Internet user name directory service. SYNTAX +-----------+ whois ---| |--- name ---| +- -h host -+ DESCRIPTION Whois help produces a message similar to the following: Please enter a name or a handle ("ident") such as Smith or SRI-NIC. Starting with a period forces a name only search; starting with exclamation point forces handle only. Examples: Smith [ looks for name or handle Smith ] !SRI-NIC [ looks for handle SRI-NIC only ] .Smith, John [ looks for name JOHN SMITH only ] Adding " . . ." to the argument will match anything from that point, such as "ZU" will match ZUL, ZUM, etc. To have the entire membership list of a group or organization, if you a asking about a group or organization, shown with the record, use an asterisk character (*) directly preceding the given argument. If there are a lot of members this will take a long time. You may, of course, use an exclamation point and asterisk or a period and asterisk together. Note: whois is only useful with an Internet directory service. AIX is not currently distributed with an Internet directory service. FLAGS -h host Connects to the specified host to find an Internet Directory Service. If no host is specified, the host sri-nic.arpa is assumed. Processed October 29, 1990 WHOIS(1,C) 1