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Dear DBWG,Hope this email finds you in good health! Le 09/06/2021 à 22:13, Sylvain Baya a écrit : > Dear DBWG, > > Hope this email finds you in good health! > > ...i went through the whois db manual [1] > and observed that it may need to be udated a bit. At least i found > that the actual version [2] of the server accept three arguments > available for the -q flag: (i) version; (ii) sources and (iii) types. > __ > [1]: <https://afrinic.net/support/whois/manual > <https://afrinic.net/support/whois/manual>> > [2]: 2.8.0 (0b333eb) > > The manual mentions only the two first arguments... > types also works well, right now; then the actual version of the manual must reflect that behaviour too. See below, please... cacty@shalom:~$ whois -h whois.afrinic.net -q types % This is the AfriNIC Whois server. % The AFRINIC whois database is subject to the following terms of Use. See https://afrinic.net/whois/terms inetnum inet6num as-block aut-num as-set route route6 route-set inet-rtr filter-set peering-set rtr-set domain mntner irt key-cert organisation role person cacty@shalom:~$ ...i hope this helps a bit! Shalom, --sb. > ~°~ > [...] > 1.8 Other server features > The AFRINIC Database server supports the retrieval of certain > information about itself and the data sets served using a "-q" query flag. > > The "-q " flag takes arguments that make the server reply with > information that is not extracted from the Databases it serves but > rather about the system setup. This flag can currently take two arguments: > > *version (usage: -q version). Display version information for the > server software. > > * sources (usage: -q sources). List all available sources. The format > of the output is: > > <source>:<NRTM_protocol_version_#>:<mirroring>:<first>-<last> > [...] > ~°~ > > ...i hope that someone from AfriNIC's Staff, would take time to update > the whois manual [1]. > > Thanks. > > Shalom, > --sb. -- Best Regards ! baya.sylvain [AT cmNOG DOTcm]|cmNOG's Structure <https://cmnog.cm/dokuwiki/Structure>|cmNOG's Surveys <https://survey.cmnog.cm>|Subscribe to cmNOG's Mailing List <https://lists.cmnog.cm/mailman/listinfo/cmnog> __ #LASAINTEBIBLE|#Romains15:33«*Que LE #DIEU de #Paix soit avec vous tous! #Amen!*» #MaPrière est que tu naisses de nouveau.#Chrétiennement «*Comme une biche soupire après des courants d’eau, ainsi mon âme soupire après TOI, ô DIEU!*» (#Psaumes42:2)
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