NAME
ptkwhois - Perl/Tk Whois Client for X
SYNOPSIS
ptkwhois [domain [server]]
DESCRIPTION
ptkwhois is a whois (TCP port 43) client for X, written in Perl/Tk.
whois is a protocol that is used by domain name repositories to allow people to find out information about the owner of a certain domain.
Various details about commands can be found out by sending the command HELP or a ? as the query.
OPTIONS
- domain
-
The domain or host to lookup.
- server
-
The whois server to use (defaults to whois.internic.net).
REQUIREMENTS
ptkwhois requires a fairly up-to-date version of Perl (version 5.002 or better). It also (obviously) requires Perl/Tk. Perl/Tk is available in the Nick-Ing Simmons author directory at CPAN. It is also available as a Debian package.
AUTHOR and BUG REPORTING
ptkwhois was written by Alan Ford <[email protected]> Please report bugs to that address.
SEE ALSO
whois(1), finger(1), telnet(1), perl-tk documentation.
The whois protocol is specified in RFC954.
KNOWN BUGS
There have been reports of slightly dodgy output, but I have been unable to replicate the symptoms myself.