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SIRC(1)                DragonFly General Commands Manual               SIRC(1)

NAME
       sirc - an IRC client in perl

SYNOPSIS
       sirc [options] [nickname [server]]

OPTIONS
       -d     Starts sirc in dumb mode (without the full-screen front-end).

       -p <port>
              Specifies the port number to connect to.

       -i <name>
              Specifies the IRCNAME to use (the default being ``sirc user'').

       -n <nick>
              Sets the nickname.

       -s <server>
              Sets the server that sirc should connect to.

       -l <filename>
              Specifies a file to be loaded instead of ~/.sircrc.pl.

       -L <filename>
              Specifies a file of commands to run, instead of ~/.sircrc.

       -H <hostname>
              Specifies a hostname to bind to, as a virtual host.

       -q     Doesn't load ~/.sircrc.pl or the system-wide sircrc.pl.

       -Q     Doesn't run commands from ~/.sircrc or the system-wide sircrc.

       -R     Runs in restricted mode (no shell access, no access to files).

       -8     Runs in eight-bit mode, not stripping iso-latin-1 accented
              characters.

ARGUMENTS
       nickname
              Specifies the nickname to use on IRC.  The default is taken from
              the environment variables SIRCNAME or IRCNAME.

       server Specifies the IRC server to connect to; an optional port and
              connection password can be given in the form
              server.host:port:passwd.

DESCRIPTION
       sirc is an IRC client that is designed to act much like ircII, except
       for the scripting interface, which uses perl.

       All IRC commands start with a /, and a detailed description of them is
       given by the command /help.

       The standard IRC commands that sirc recognizes are:

            ADMIN, ALIAS, AWAY, BYE, CD, CLEAR, CONNECT, CTCP, DCC, DESCRIBE,
            DIE, EVAL, EXIT, HELP, IGNORE, INFO, INVITE, JOIN, KICK, KILL,
            LEAVE, LINKS, LIST, LOAD, LUSERS, MAP, ME, MODE, MOTD, MSG, NAMES,
            NICK, NOTE, NOTICE, NOTIFY, OPER, QUERY, PART, PING, QUERY, QUIT,
            QUOTE, RPING, SAY, SERVER, SET, SIGNOFF, SILENCE, SQUIT, STATS,
            TIME, TOPIC, TRACE, UPING, USERHOST, USERS, VERSION, WALLOPS, WHO,
            WHOIS, WHOWAS.

       In addition, sirc understands these shortcuts and additional commands,
       which are also described in the /help:

            CL, D, DEOP, DE, HOP, IG, I, INV, J, K, LL, M, MO, N, NEXT, NO, O,
            OP, P, SYSTEM, T, UMODE, W, WI

       For general information about IRC, please look at
       http://www.irchelp.org/.

COPYING
       sirc is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under
       the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
       Foundation.  See the file LICENSE for details.

SEE ALSO
       ssfe(1), irc(1), ircd(8), talk(1), ytalk(1)

FILES
       ~/.sircrc
              user commands to run on startup.

       ~/.sircrc.pl
              perl script to load on startup.

       ~/.sirc
              directory where sirc looks for files to load with the /LOAD
              command.

       README information about sirc, installing and using it.

       PROGRAMMING
              information about how to use perl to make scripts for sirc.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       SSFE   options to pass to ssfe (see also ssfe(1))

       SIRCSERVER, IRCSERVER
              default server to connect to.

       SIRCPORT, IRCPORT
              default port to connect to.

       SIRCNAME, IRCNAME
              default IRCNAME to use; this is usually your name or a quote.

       SIRCNICK, IRCNICK
              default nickname to use.

       SIRCRC location of your .sircrc file; defaults to ~/.sircrc.

       SIRCRCPL
              location of your .sircrc.pl file; defaults to ~/.sircrc.pl.

       IRCFINGER
              default reply to CTCP FINGERs.

       USERINFO
              default reply to CTCP USERINFOs.

       SIRCHOST, IRCHOST, LOCALHOST
              hostname to bind to, for hosts with  multiple (virtual)
              addresses.

BUGS
       None known, please report to the author.

AUTHOR
       sirc was written by Roger Espel Llima <roger.espel.llima@pobox.com>.

Roger Espel Llima                                                      SIRC(1)