fwhois (finger whois) by Chris Cappuccio <ccappuc@santafe.edu>

Fwhois is a finger-style whois for BSD systems. It is smaller and more
compact then the standard InterNIC whois.c, and also runs in a different
manner. fwhois user@whois.internic.net would be the same as 'whois -h
whois.internic.net user'. This command is espically useful in environments
where different servers are queued, e.g. an organization with multiple
whois servers running for different purposes. This type of command
can also be useful when a user or group of users makes frequent use
of many different whois servers. If a user simply types 'fwhois user'
without a hostname, fwhois will automatically use host whois.internic.net.

Why Did You Write This?
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I got bored and also the regular whois.c wasn't compiling under any
version of GCC for me.

Recompiling
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To recomplie, just type: make or make bsd

Notes on Compiling and Included Binaries
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The compiled fwhois.linux included with this package was compiled using
GCC 2.4.5, libc 4.4.1. The compiled fwhois.sun4 included in this package
was compiled using standard Sun 4 C compiler. This should compile without
any problems on *any* BSD-type machine (SunOS, Linux, Ultrix,
386/NetBSD, etc...) but it was only tested under Linux 0.99.11 and
SunOS 4.1.3. I have also compiled it with success under NetBSD 0.8,
with GCC 1.39. However, I was not able to bring back the binary
because I don't have all of the mtools installed on the NetBSD machine :)
I think this should also compile on SVR4 systems with the
BSD-Compatibility package installed. (P.S.-Yes, I know Linux isn't
a 'bsd-type machine', but fwhois compiles just as easy under Linux
as under SunOS or any other BSD-type system)

Other Notes
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This program comes with no manual pages, because I am not exactily
compelled to make them, but if you have any enhancements or something
you did to make fwhois better, please send the modified fwhois.c to
ccappuc@santafe.edu.

--Chris
