1 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex .\"
 2 bc87234f 2002-04-02 alex .\" $Id: ngircd.8,v 1.3 2002/04/02 20:38:50 alex Exp $
 3 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex .\"
 4 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex .TH ngircd 8 "March 2002" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
 5 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex .SH NAME
 6 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex ngircd \- the next generation IRC daemon
 7 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex .SH SYNOPSIS
 8 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex .B ngircd [
 9 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex .I Options
10 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex .B ]
11 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex .SH DESCRIPTION
12 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex .B ngircd
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.
18 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex .SH OPTIONS
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"
22 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex use
23 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex .I 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.
31 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex .IP --help
32 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex display brief help text and exit.
33 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex .SH FILES
34 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex .I /usr/local/etc/ngircd.conf
35 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex .RS
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)
39 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex .SH AUTHOR
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
43 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex .UE
44 bc87234f 2002-04-02 alex .br
45 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex Homepage:
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/
48 bee32fb0 2002-04-02 alex .UE
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)
52 ac5c8bea 2002-04-02 alex .\"
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