Re: Control of recursive searches
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1993 18:14:19 +0100
> "Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet" woeber@localhost writes:
> Doing a lot of queries recently to get a picture which objects (network and
> AS) are missing or lacking essential information, I'd even like to suppress
> the recursive lookup from the _same_ source. Given the current speed of the
> software (very well done, indeed!), and sometimes 3 or 4 person links, the
> information I'm looking for is already gone from the top of the screen when
> the last person object was output.
Well this exists!
> I think I definitely could live with something like 'whois -ar key',
> the -a flag used to control the set of sources,
> the -r flag to control recursive lookups.
Exactly this is implemented. Are you pulling my leg? See examples below.
> I support the view, that the default behaviour should be unchanged and/or
> what the plain user would need most of the times.
That's where opinions differ. We have had some reactions though saying they
*liked* the new semantics. This is significant because normally people
just complain if anything changes.
Daniel
whois -a 192.87.45:
inetnum: 192.87.45.0
netname: RIPE-NCC
descr: RIPE Network Coordination Centre
descr: Amsterdam, Netherlands
country: NL
admin-c: Daniel Karrenberg
tech-c: Marten Terpstra
connect: RIPE NSF WCW
aut-sys: 1104
rev-srv: ns.ripe.net
changed: marten@localhost 930215
source: RIPE
person: Daniel Karrenberg
address: RIPE Network Coordination Centre (NCC)
address: Kruislaan 409
address: NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam
address: Netherlands
phone: +31 20 592 5065
fax-no: +31 20 592 5090
e-mail: dfk@localhost
nic-hdl: DK58
changed: ripe-dbm@localhost 920826
source: RIPE
person: Marten Terpstra
address: RIPE Network Coordination Centre (NCC)
address: Kruislaan 409
address: NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam
address: Netherlands
phone: +31 20 592 5065
fax-no: +31 20 592 5090
e-mail: marten@localhost
nic-hdl: MT2
changed: marten@localhost 930503
source: RIPE
inetnum: 192.87.45.0
netname: RIPE-NCC
tech-c: DK58
rev-srv: NS.RIPE.NET NS.EU.NET
remarks: type R
changed: networks.txt/network-contacts.txt 930824/930702
source: NIC
person: Daniel Karrenberg
phone: +31 20 592 5065
e-mail: dfk@localhost
nic-hdl: DK58
changed: networks.txt/network-contacts.txt 930824/930702
source: NIC
inetnum: 192.87.45.0
netname: RIPE-NCC
descr: RIPE Network Coordination Centre
nsf-in: 1=513 42=1800
remarks: Kruislaan 413
remarks: NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam
remarks: NETHERLANDS
remarks: NSF T3 connected since 08/31/92
changed: ipregist@localhost 930223
source: MERIT
whois -ar 192.87.45:
inetnum: 192.87.45.0
netname: RIPE-NCC
descr: RIPE Network Coordination Centre
descr: Amsterdam, Netherlands
country: NL
admin-c: Daniel Karrenberg
tech-c: Marten Terpstra
connect: RIPE NSF WCW
aut-sys: 1104
rev-srv: ns.ripe.net
changed: marten@localhost 930215
source: RIPE
inetnum: 192.87.45.0
netname: RIPE-NCC
tech-c: DK58
rev-srv: NS.RIPE.NET NS.EU.NET
remarks: type R
changed: networks.txt/network-contacts.txt 930824/930702
source: NIC
inetnum: 192.87.45.0
netname: RIPE-NCC
descr: RIPE Network Coordination Centre
nsf-in: 1=513 42=1800
remarks: Kruislaan 413
remarks: NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam
remarks: NETHERLANDS
remarks: NSF T3 connected since 08/31/92
changed: ipregist@localhost 930223
source: MERIT
