2 .\" $Id: ngircd.8,v 1.5 2002/11/18 18:49:34 alex Exp $
4 .TH ngircd 8 "September 2002" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
6 ngircd \- the next generation IRC daemon
13 is a portable IRC daemon written from scratch. It is easy to configure,
14 supports server links (even with original ircds) and runs on hosts with
15 changing IP addresses (such as dial-in networks). Currently supported
16 platforms (tested versions) are: AIX (3.2.5), A/UX (3.0.1), FreeBSD
17 (4.5), HP-UX (10.20), IRIX (6.5), Linux (2.x), Mac OS X (10.x), NetBSD
18 (1.5.2/i386, 1.5.3/m68k), Solaris (2.5.1, 2.6), and Windows with Cygwin.
21 read, validate and display configuration; then exit.
22 .IP "-f file, --config file"
25 as configuration file.
27 don't fork and don't detach from controlling terminal.
29 disable automatic connections to other servers.
31 output version information and exit.
33 display brief help text and exit.
35 .I /usr/local/etc/ngircd.conf
37 The system wide default configuration file.
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