[12557] in Athena Bugs
sun4 7.7G: whois
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (marthag@MIT.EDU)
Thu Sep 8 15:32:52 1994
From: marthag@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 1994 15:32:42 +0500
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
System name: bill-the-cat
Type and version: SPARC/Classic 7.7G
Display type: cgthree
What were you trying to do?
whois as 86
What's wrong:
usage: whois [ -h host ] name
What should have happened:
whois "as 86" works correctly, but it shouldn't require the
quotes.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
run whois on a non-Solaris machine.