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waissearch - Simple shell user interface for making WAIS requests
waissearch
[-h host-machine] [-p [service-or-port]] [-d database] [-m max-results] word word...
Part of the Wide Area Information Server system.
waissearch
makes a WAIS request over TCP/IP.
- -h host-machine
- Server machine name
as a IP name. Defaults to local machine.
- -p [ service-or-port ]
- Use this port
to communicate. If it is not supplied, then z39_50 is used from the services
file.
- -m max-results
- Set the maximum number of results returned for a query.
Default is 40.
- -d database
- The database to use in the query. By convention,
many servers support the INFO database.
- -v
- Print the version number and date
of this command.
- to query the directory of servers about tcp servers:
waissearch -h quake.think.com -d directory-of-servers \ -p 210 tcp - to ask what
tcp databases are supported on a particular server:
waissearch -h quake.think.com -d INFO -p 210 tcp - to ask for information on a
database:
waissearch -h quake.think.com -d directory-of-servers \ -p 210 help
waisserver(1)
,
waisindex(1)
, waisq(1)
, xwais(1)
, xwaisq(1)
Wide Area Information Servers
Concepts by Brewster Kahle.
Brewster@think.com
The diagnostics produced by the waissearch
are meant to be self-explanatory.
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