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1.1     ! root        1: .TH QNS 7
        !             2: .CT 1 sa_auto
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: qns \- query name server
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B qns
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B -n
        !             9: .I server
        !            10: ] [
        !            11: .I request
        !            12: ]
        !            13: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            14: .I Qns
        !            15: retrieves information from
        !            16: a database of naming information.
        !            17: It is used by
        !            18: .I rsh
        !            19: and
        !            20: .I rlogin
        !            21: (see
        !            22: .IR dcon (1))
        !            23: to translate names to internet addresses and by
        !            24: .IR mail (1)
        !            25: to route electronic mail.
        !            26: .PP
        !            27: Entries in the database
        !            28: consist of one or more
        !            29: .IB value , type
        !            30: pairs or simple
        !            31: .I values.
        !            32: A simple
        !            33: .I value
        !            34: declares the name of some entity.
        !            35: An entry may contain no name
        !            36: or several, and
        !            37: different entries containing the same name
        !            38: need not refer to the same entity.
        !            39: .PP
        !            40: These types are used:
        !            41: .PP
        !            42: .TF origin
        !            43: .TP
        !            44: .B dk
        !            45: .I Value
        !            46: is a Datakit address.
        !            47: .TP
        !            48: .B in
        !            49: .I Value
        !            50: is a numeric IP address.
        !            51: .TP
        !            52: .B dom
        !            53: .I Value
        !            54: is an internet domain name.
        !            55: .TP
        !            56: .B tel
        !            57: .I Value
        !            58: is a telephone number,
        !            59: possibly prefixed by a
        !            60: .I uucp
        !            61: .B Dialcodes
        !            62: name.
        !            63: .TP
        !            64: .B org
        !            65: .I Value
        !            66: is an organization name.
        !            67: .TP
        !            68: .B svc
        !            69: .I Value
        !            70: names a service.
        !            71: .TP
        !            72: .B origin
        !            73: .I Value 
        !            74: must be
        !            75: .BR local ,
        !            76: for sorting by `distance';
        !            77: see below.
        !            78: .PD
        !            79: .PP
        !            80: The following entries describe an entity
        !            81: .B research
        !            82: with a Datakit address,
        !            83: an IP address and domain name,
        !            84: belonging to organization
        !            85: .BR att ,
        !            86: and offering the
        !            87: .B uucp
        !            88: service:
        !            89: .IP
        !            90: .EX
        !            91: 192.11.4.55,in research research.astro.nj.att.com.,dom att,org 
        !            92: research nj/astro/research,dk uucp,svc att,org 
        !            93: .EE
        !            94: .PP
        !            95: .I Qns
        !            96: prints database entries that match
        !            97: .I requests.
        !            98: If a
        !            99: .IR request
        !           100: is supplied on the command line,
        !           101: .I qns
        !           102: prints the answer and exits;
        !           103: otherwise it reads and answers requests from the standard input
        !           104: until end-of-file.
        !           105: The possible requests are:
        !           106: .TP
        !           107: .BI set " key" ...
        !           108: Print every entry
        !           109: matching
        !           110: all
        !           111: .IR keys .
        !           112: .TP
        !           113: .BI value " tlist key" ...
        !           114: Examine entries matching
        !           115: the
        !           116: .IR keys
        !           117: until a pair with type
        !           118: .I tlist
        !           119: is found;
        !           120: print the matching value
        !           121: and stop.
        !           122: .I Tlist
        !           123: may be a single type,
        !           124: or several separated by
        !           125: .LR | .
        !           126: .TP
        !           127: .B reset
        !           128: Cause the name server
        !           129: to reinitialize its database.
        !           130: .TP
        !           131: .B help
        !           132: Print a list of requests.
        !           133: .TP
        !           134: .B quit
        !           135: Exit
        !           136: .IR qns .
        !           137: .PD
        !           138: .PP
        !           139: A 
        !           140: .I key
        !           141: is a
        !           142: .IB value , type
        !           143: pair;
        !           144: an entry matches if it contains that pair.
        !           145: If
        !           146: .BI , type
        !           147: is omitted,
        !           148: any pair with the specified
        !           149: .I value
        !           150: will do.
        !           151: A
        !           152: .B *
        !           153: at the end of a
        !           154: .I value
        !           155: stands for an arbitrary suffix.
        !           156: .PP
        !           157: When a database search
        !           158: returns several entries with 
        !           159: .B dk
        !           160: or
        !           161: .B dom
        !           162: types, and the database contains an entry with the conventional pair
        !           163: .BR local,origin ,
        !           164: the entries are sorted by increasing `distance'
        !           165: from the
        !           166: .B dk
        !           167: or
        !           168: .B dom
        !           169: pairs in the
        !           170: .B local,origin
        !           171: entry.
        !           172: Datakit names in the same exchange are nearer
        !           173: than names in different exchanges in the same area,
        !           174: which are nearer than names in different areas.
        !           175: Domain names matching to four levels of domain hierarchy
        !           176: are nearer than names matching to only three levels,
        !           177: and so on.
        !           178: .PP
        !           179: .I Qns
        !           180: expects to reach the name server
        !           181: .IR ns (8);
        !           182: option
        !           183: .B -n
        !           184: points it at service
        !           185: .I server
        !           186: instead.
        !           187: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           188: .IR ipc (3),
        !           189: .IR ns (8)

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