WHATS XWHOIS?

	Xwhois is a small and fast query tool for the whois service. (rfc954)
	It has been compiled and tested on the following platforms:

	Linux 2.x ix86
	SUN Solaris 2.6 SPARC
	SUN Solaris 2.5.1 SPARC
	Digital Unix OSF1 V4.0D Alpha
	Silicon Graphics IRIX 6.3 IP32
	Silicon Graphics IRIX 5.3 IP20
	OpenBSD 2.3 ix86
	NetBSD 1.3.2 ix86
	FreeBSD 2.2.7 ix86
	HP-UX 10.20 PA-RISC
	SunOS 4.1.3 SPARC

	It should build and run fine on most UNIX flavors.

	Xwhois is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
	See the COPYING file for details.

INSTALLING

	Xwhois requires the GTK+ toolkit 1.x, latest GTK can be found at,
	ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/

	If you want to use Xwhois with the new GTK+ themes you need atleast GTK+
	version 1.1.13, latest are avaible at, ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.1/

	To build xwhois run:

	./configure
	make

	After compiling, to install:

	as superuser (root):

	make install

	or as local user:

	cp docs/xwhois.servers $HOME/.xwhois.servers

USAGE

	Chose whois server from the list and type in the domain, name or the keyword you
	want information about in the object field and hit enter or press the submit button.
	If you for some reason want to use a external whois client chose it in the menu.

DISTRIBUTION

	Latest xwhois and info can be found at the homepage.

	Homepage:		http://www.goatnet.ml.org/software.html
	Main distribution site:	ftp://sangis.kalix.net/pub/nr/xwhois/

	Homepage mirror:	http://c64.org/~nr/software.html
	Distribution mirror:	ftp://c64.org/pub/nr/xwhois/

AUTHOR

	Bjorn Lindgren <bjorn@goatnet.ml.org>

	Bug reports can be mailed to me. (include "xwhois" in the subject)
	All suggestions, patches or info on whois servers not included
	in the xwhois server file will be appreciated too.

