2 .\" $Id: ngircd.8,v 1.3 2002/04/02 20:38:50 alex Exp $
4 .TH ngircd 8 "March 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 are A/UX, Darwin/Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, and Windows
20 read, validate and display configuration; then exit.
21 .IP "-f file, --config file"
24 as configuration file.
26 don't fork and don't detatch from controlling terminal.
28 disable automatic connections to other servers.
30 output version information and exit.
32 display brief help text and exit.
34 .I /usr/local/etc/ngircd.conf
36 The system wide default configuration file.
41 .UR mailto:alex@barton.de
46 .UR http://arthur.ath.cx/~alex/ngircd/
47 http://arthur.ath.cx/~alex/ngircd/