whois++ response formats...

Martin Hamilton <M.T.Hamilton@lut.ac.uk> Tue, 14 September 1993 10:46 UTC

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From: Martin Hamilton <M.T.Hamilton@lut.ac.uk>
Subject: whois++ response formats...
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Here are the response formats I am using for responses that
don't involve templates -- culled from the other whois++
implementations.  Let me know if you disagree strongly with
any of this stuff :-)

  version
  # FULL 1
   Version: LUT version 0.0
  # END

  commands
  # FULL 16
  # command describe
   Name: describe
   Description: Describe Server
  # command help
   Name: help
   Description: Help!
  [...]

  constraints
  # FULL 13
    search
    case
    format
    maxhits
  [...]

Ciao,

Martin