

PC/whois, version 5.0

A program to obtain directory information about a registered user
of another network host, using the IP/TCP "finger" protocol.


Usage:

	whois  name@host

Where "name" is the character string name of a registered user at
the target host, and "host" is either a character-string name of
the target host or an internet address in standard form.  (See
the section on hostnames in the introduction for more details.)
If "name" is omitted, some hosts will respond with a list of
currently logged-in users.

The whois command sends an inquiry, and displays the answer, if
any. The form and contents of the answer are determined entirely
by the target host.  Note that some hosts do not respond to whois
requests.  They may either ignore the request (in which case
PC/whois displays the message "....host not responding") or
reject it (in which case PC/whois displays the message "Closed:
foreign reset".)

If the target host is not forthcoming with a response, PC/whois 
will give up after about 20 seconds.  Typing the letter "q" will 
cause PC/whois to abort the operation immediately.  This feature 
is useful if one discovers that the quantity of output is more 
extensive than anticipated.

4 December 1984.  This document is in file whois.txt

