source: basicnet/netutils/whois.xml@ 622791e

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY whois-download-http "http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_&whois-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY whois-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_&whois-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY whois-md5sum        "f069304ae912ff4fdec59f33de405076">
  <!ENTITY whois-size          "67 KB">
  <!ENTITY whois-buildsize     "1 MB">
  <!ENTITY whois-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="whois" xreflabel="Whois-&whois-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="whois.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Whois-&whois-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="whois">
    <primary sortas="a-Whois">Whois</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Whois</title>

    <para><application>Whois</application> is a client-side application which
    queries the whois directory service for information pertaining to a
    particular domain name.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&whois-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&whois-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &whois-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &whois-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &whois-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &whois-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/whois"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Whois</title>

    <para>Install <application>Whois</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite (that works).</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>make prefix=/usr install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>whois</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="whois-prog">
        <term><command>whois</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a client-side application which queries the whois directory
          service for information pertaining to a particular domain name.</para>
          <indexterm zone="whois whois-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-whois">whois</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>