Hey folks,

I'm writing a C++ application.  I was wondering if there is a C++ library
that allows me to make whois calls and store the results in a datastructure
of some kind.

I know windows has these libraries, but not sure about the unixes or
linuxes.

Anyone know if this is possible and if so what library is used?

Thanks a lot!

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If you are working on Unix now, you can look up the function by using
"grep".
As I remember, there is a similar C function. You can call it in your C++
application.

James

"Etno" <m@i.com> wrote in message
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quote:

> Hey folks,
>
> I'm writing a C++ application.  I was wondering if there is a C++ library
> that allows me to make whois calls and store the results in a

datastructure
quote:

> of some kind.
>
> I know windows has these libraries, but not sure about the unixes or
> linuxes.
>
> Anyone know if this is possible and if so what library is used?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
>

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In article <5nUqb.2817$XDB.997@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>,
James Chen <chenzhijian@hotmail.com> wrote:
quote:

>If you are working on Unix now, you can look up the function by using
>"grep".


Huh?  Don't you mean "man"?  Grep is used for searching for a string in a
text file.
quote:

>As I remember, there is a similar C function. You can call it in your C++
>application.


I've never heard of such a function being a standard, or even common, part
of Unix.  You can use system() or popen() to run the "whois" shell command,
but that's it.

If there's a functional interface, it's in a third-party library.
quote:

>"Etno" <m@i.com> wrote in message
>news:VSGqb.15426$1N3.7638@twister.nyroc.rr.com... 
>datastructure 
>
>



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