Re: Abbreviated output when attempting to do whois via script

[PodMaster]

Ask your whois program (works for me).

$ perl -le'print `whois perlmonks.org`'
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Domain ID:D2013834-LROR
Domain Name:PERLMONKS.ORG
Created On:21-Sep-1998 04:00:00 UTC
Last Updated On:05-Apr-2004 05:18:56 UTC
Expiration Date:20-Sep-2005 04:00:00 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:R11-LROR
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:tuCZytFOzdNJ8Qli
Registrant Name:Allison Randal
Registrant Organization:The Perl Foundation
Registrant Street1:2861 Barclay Way
Registrant City:Ann Arbor
Registrant State/Province:MI
Registrant Postal Code:48105
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:[phone]
Registrant Email:[e-mail]
Admin ID:tuTeuejWDPUhKCeC
Admin Name:Ask Bjoern Hansen
Admin Organization:The Perl Foundation
Admin Street1:PO Box 18111
Admin City:Beverly Hills
Admin State/Province:CA
Admin Postal Code:90209
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:[phone]
Admin Email:[e-mail]
Tech ID:tuyX7wRHQsn13sNK
Tech Name:Ask Bjoern Hansen
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Tech Street1:PO Box 18111
Tech City:Beverly Hills
Tech State/Province:CA
Tech Postal Code:90209
Tech Country:US
Tech Phone:[phone]
Tech FAX:[phone]
Tech Email:[e-mail]
Name Server:NS2.DEVELOOPER.COM
Name Server:NS1.US.BITNAMES.COM
Name Server:NS2.US.BITNAMES.COM
Name Server:NS1.EU.BITNAMES.COM

[jerrygarciuh]

Thanks for the reply podmaster,

So now I am baffled. This does indeed work:

perl -le'print `whois friendsofjabu.com`'

So what am I doing wrong here? Why does this get only the abbreviated output?

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
use strict;

use CGI::Carp qw/fatalsToBrowser /;
use CGI qw/:standard/;

use CGI::Pretty qw/ :html3 /;

my $dom = "friendsofjabu.com";

my $q = CGI->new();
print $q->header,start_html, '<pre>';

print my $output = `whois $dom` . '</pre>';

BTW when I use this code to lookup a domain which is NOT in the redemption period, I have just found that it works fine.

Any thoughts?

[simonm]

Perhaps your shell environment has a different PATH or an alias that adds other command-line options, which your CGI script lacks because it's running in the web server's environment. Try doing "which whois" in the shell and then use the full path in the CGI script.

[jerrygarciuh]

simonm,

Thanks for the reply. I have the full path in now (/usr/bin/whois) but sadly get the same results.

Any other suggestions folks?