[arin-tech-discuss] Using NicInfo

[Edward Lewis]

I'm having trouble using the RDAP client...

I want to replicate this:

$ whois -a "n 2001:500:88:200::7" | grep CIDR
CIDR:           2001:500:88::/48

So I downloaded the tar file for NicInfo and did this:

$ ./nicinfo --iana
# NicInfo v.0.2.0

$ ./nicinfo -t ip6addr 2001:500:88:200::7
# NicInfo v.0.2.0
# getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

And even more mysterious is this:

$ ./nicinfo -V -t ip6addr 2001:500:88:200::7
# NicInfo v.0.2.0
## Using configuration found in /Users/edward.lewis/.NicInfo
## Evicted 0 files from the cache
## Issuing GET for http://rdappilot.arin.net/restfulwhois/rdap/ip/2001:500:88:20
# getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

typed ^z

[1]+  Stopped                 ./nicinfo -V -t ip6addr 2001:500:88:200::7

$ kill -9 %1
[1]+  Killed: 9               ./nicinfo -V -t ip6addr 2001:500:88:200::7

Puzzled, I joined this mail list...(noting that https://www.arin.net/knowledge/rdap.pdf has broken links in it).