dancer-ircd(8)

dancer-ircd8

An irc server

Usage

ircd

ircd [-d filename] [-f filename] [-h hostname] [-k filename] [-l filename] [-n] [-v] [-x debuglevel]

Overview

dancer-ircd is the IRC server used by FreeNode Network (amongst others), built in an effort to overcome the anachronisms, limitations, and hysterical raisins of traditional IRC servers.

Options

-d filename

Where to find the D:line config file.

-f filename

Where to find the main config file.

-h hostname

Specify the server name this ircd will be. This should usually match it's primary hostname.

-k filename

Where to find the K:line config file.

-l filename

Where to write the logfile.

-n

Do not fork, run in the foreground.

-v

Print version and exit.

-x debuglevel

Sets the debug level. Higher is more data. Only effective if the ircd was compiled for debugging.

Files

/etc/dancer-ircd/ircd.conf
/etc/dancer-ircd/olines
/etc/dancer-ircd/motd
/etc/dancer-ircd/omotd
/etc/dancer-ircd/ohelp
/var/lib/dancer-ircd/dline.conf
/var/lib/dancer-ircd/kline.conf

Releases

6 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1–7

Author

Jarkko Oikarinen, currently [email protected], manual page written by Jeff Trim, [email protected], later modified by [email protected].

Rewritten 2001 by Andrew Suffield <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

From dancer-ircd 1.0.36-8.1 in Debian 7 (Wheezy). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.