source: basicnet/netutils/whois.xml@ 31156d2

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/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.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/slackware/slackware-current/source/n/whois/whois_&whois-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY whois-size          "51 KB">
  <!ENTITY whois-buildsize     "470 KB">
  <!ENTITY whois-time          "0.01 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="whois" xreflabel="Whois-&whois-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="whois.html"?>
<title>Whois-&whois-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Whois</application></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>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<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 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>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Whois</application></title>

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

<screen><userinput><command>sed -i -e "s/4.6.20/&whois-version;/" config.h &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make prefix=/usr install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><command>sed -i -e "s/4.6.20/&whois-version;/" config.h</command>: This version 
of <application>Whois</application> incorrectly identifies its version when 
using the <command>whois --version</command> command. This command fixes the
version entity.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>Whois</application> package contains 
<command>whois</command>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>whois</title>
<para><command>whois</command> is a client-side application which queries the 
whois directory service for information pertaining to a particular domain name.
</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>