2 bc87234f 2002-04-02 alex .\" $Id: ngircd.8,v 1.3 2002/04/02 20:38:50 alex Exp $
4 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex .TH ngircd 8 "March 2002" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
6 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex ngircd \- the next generation IRC daemon
11 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex .SH DESCRIPTION
13 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex is a portable IRC daemon written from scratch. It is easy to configure,
14 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex supports server links (even with original ircds) and runs on hosts with
15 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex changing IP addresses (such as dial-in networks). Currently supported
16 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex platforms are A/UX, Darwin/Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, and Windows
17 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex with Cygwin.
19 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex .IP --configtest
20 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex read, validate and display configuration; then exit.
21 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex .IP "-f file, --config file"
24 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex as configuration file.
25 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex .IP "-n, --nodaemon"
26 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex don't fork and don't detatch from controlling terminal.
27 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex .IP "-p, --passive"
28 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex disable automatic connections to other servers.
29 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex .IP --version
30 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex output version information and exit.
32 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex display brief help text and exit.
34 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex .I /usr/local/etc/ngircd.conf
36 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex The system wide default configuration file.
37 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex .SH DIAGNOSTICS
38 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex (coming soon)
40 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex Alexander Barton,
41 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex .UR mailto:alex@barton.de
42 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex alex@barton.de
46 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex .UR http://arthur.ath.cx/~alex/ngircd/
47 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex http://arthur.ath.cx/~alex/ngircd/
49 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex .SH "SEE ALSO"
50 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex .BR ngircd.conf (5)
51 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex .BR ircd (8)