NAME
bin/snarf.pl - do a WHOIS++ search and snarf the resulting handles
SYNOPSIS
bin/snarf.pl [-dfl] [-p port] server queryDESCRIPTION
The snarf.pl program performs a WHOIS++ search on the specified server and returns a list of the matching handles on a line by line basis. Note that the search must be structured as per the WHOIS++ query syntax defined in RFC 1835, the WHOIS++ protocol specification.
If the search was performed successfully, snarf.pl returns 0, otherwise it returns -1.
OPTIONS
- -d
-
Turn on debugging output
- -f
-
Dump out the full records
- -l
-
Dump results out on one line, suitable for use as parameters to another program
- -p port
-
Specify port number, default is your ROADS WHOIS++ server's port number, or 63
SEE ALSO
"search.pl" in cgi-bin, "wppd.pl" in bin
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1988, Martin Hamilton <martinh@gnu.org> and Jon Knight <jon@net.lut.ac.uk>. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
It was developed by the Department of Computer Studies at Loughborough University of Technology, as part of the ROADS project. ROADS is funded under the UK Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib), the European Commission Telematics for Research Programme, and the TERENA development programme.
AUTHOR
Martin Hamilton <martinh@gnu.org>, Jon Knight <jon@net.lut.ac.uk>