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.TH ECHOPING_WHOIS SECTION 1 "May 26, 2004"
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.SH NAME
echoping_whois \- echoping plugin which connects to a whois server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B echoping
.RI [echoping\ options]
.RI -m\ whois
.B hostname
.RI -r\ request
.RI -d
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
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whois is an echoping plugin to connect to whois/nicname servers (see
RFC 954).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-r, \-\-request
The request to the whois server (typically a domain name)
.TP
.B \-d, \-\-dump
Dumps the result of the request
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR echoping (1),
.SH AUTHOR
Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortz@users.sourceforge.net>