* Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-08-12 15:47]: > Hi, > > I added the African Network Information Center (AfriNIC) whois server > to a new switch (-f) in the whois(1) utility. > > A simple diff for whois.c and whois.1 is attached. > > The new part of the manual says: > > > -f Use the African Network Information Center (AfriNIC) database. > It contains network numbers registered on the African continent. >
I am not sure it makes sense to add these kind of abbreviations to our whois. NICs come and go, we'll soon run out of letters. I'd much prefer making $ whois 1.2.3.4 "Just Work", but I haven't looked into that. -- BS Web Services, http://www.bsws.de/ OpenBSD-based Webhosting, Mail Services, Managed Servers, ... Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie)
