WHOIS.CONF(5)                            Debian GNU/Linux                           WHOIS.CONF(5)



NAME
       whois.conf - alternative WHOIS servers list for whois client


SYNOPSIS
       /etc/whois.conf


DESCRIPTION
       This file contains a list of WHOIS servers which can augment or override the built-in list
       of the client.

       It's a plain text file in ASCII encoding. Each line consists of two fields: a  pattern  to
       match WHOIS object identifier and a corresponding WHOIS server domain name.

       Fields  are  separated  by  non-empty  sequence  of space or a tabular characters.  A line
       starting with a hash character is a free comment and it's not considered.

       The pattern is case-insensitive extended regular expression if whois client has been  com‐
       piled  with  POSIX  regular expressions support. Otherwise, simple case-insensitive suffix
       comparison against WHOIS object identifier is used.

       Internationalized domain names (IDN) must be specified in ascii-compatible encoding  (ACE)
       format.


EXAMPLE
       \.nz$             nz.whois-servers.net
       # Hangul Korean TLD
       \.xn--3e0b707e$   whois.kr
       # Private ASNs
       ^as645(1[2-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-4])$    whois.example.net


FILES
       /etc/whois.conf


SEE ALSO
       whois(1)


AUTHOR
       This  manual  page was written by Petr Písař <ppisar AT redhat.com> and is licensed under the
       terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or higher.



Petr Písař                                 9 April 2013                             WHOIS.CONF(5)