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.TH IRC 1 .SH NAME ircsrv, irc \- internet relay chat client and ui .SH SYNOPSIS .B ircsrv [ .I -s serv ] [ .I -f file ] .I nickname .I [tcp!]irc.server.org .br .B irc [ .I -e ] [ .I -c charset ] [ .I -t victim ] [ .I -b lines ] [ .I -r file ] [ .I -p password ] [ .I /srv/serv [ .I /tmp/file ]] .SH DESCRIPTION .I Ircsrv makes a connection to an irc server and reconnects if the connection gets broken. It posts a service to /srv and creates (if necessary) an append mode log file to /tmp. Default file and service name is a concatenation of 4 first letters of username and the string .I irc . .PP .I Irc is a client program that makes use of the service provided by .I ircsrv and provides a user interface for sending and receiving messages. .PP The command language understood by .I irc is as follows .EX /h this message /H this message /m privmsg #chan/nick message /M mode #chan +nt /j join [ #chan ] /p part [ #chan ] /q send parameters raw to the server /l list [ #chan ] /n nick newnick /N notice #chan/nick message /t set [ victim ] /T topic [ #chan [ newtopic ]] /W whois nick /w who nick (a shorter whois) .EE .PP The .I -e flag enables SSL, the .I -c flag sets character set conversion using .IR tcs (1), the .I -r flag will cause irc to replay the conversation from the raw file supplied as argument without user interaction, the .I -b flag causes the client to display the last n lines of the default target or conversations if no target is set. Without any arguments .I -b prints the conversation from the very beginning. The .I -t flag sets the default target to which the messages are sent by default if a line written to .I irc does not begin with /. Irc also prints messages to/from the target exclusively if one is set. Irc prints only private messages if the target is set to "MSGS", useful for being notified when a message is sent to your nick without having to monitor all the status information. .SH EXAMPLES To start up ircsrv on a remote cpu server .EX cpu -c ircsrv glenda irc.freenode.net .EE .PP To use ircsrv started earlier on a cpu server .EX import $cpu /srv import $cpu /tmp irc .EE .PP To start/see/continue a conversation with a specific target (can be #chan or nick) .EX irc -t \'#plan9\' irc -t f2f .EE .PP To run irc within acme start irc inside "win -e": .EX win -e irc -t f2f .EE .SH SOURCE /sys/src/cmd/ircsrv.c .br /sys/src/cmd/irc.c .SH SEE ALSO .IR tcs (1), .IR faces (1), .IR nedmail (1) .SH BUGS Probably. Missing functionality includes opening new windows when a message from a new target arrives.