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- From: john@iastate.edu (John Hascall)
- Subject: Re: Whois(1) command.
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- References: <1992Dec10.173050.22867@datum.nyo.dec.com> <PRZEMEK.92Dec10162933@rrdstrad.nist.gov> <1992Dec12.103814.10395@ircam.fr>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 20:07:43 GMT
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- fingerhu@ircam.fr (Michel Fingerhut) writes:
- }Przemek Klosowski writes:
- }>Actually, you shouldn't bother installing this version of whois, as it
- }>is broken (apparently since ultrix 4.0).
-
- }Works fine for me. Problem is, nic changed. So if you set an alias
- } alias whois /usr/ucb/whois -h nic.ddn.mil
- }it does the right thing.
-
- You can also use a binary-capable editor like emacs to edit the image.
- Just look for, and change:
- ns.nic.ddn.mil^@
- to: nic.ddn.mil^@ISU
-
- where ^@ is the "nul" ascii character, and ISU is any 3 characters
- to pad everything out evenly.
-
- John
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