SIRC(1)SIRC(1)NAMEsirc - an IRC client in perl
SYNOPSISsirc [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 char‐
acters.
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.
DESCRIPTIONsirc 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/.
COPYINGsirc is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foun‐
dation. See the file LICENSE for details.
SEE ALSOssfe(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 com‐
mand.
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.
AUTHORsirc was written by Roger Espel Llima <roger.espel.llima@pobox.com>.
Roger Espel LlimaSIRC(1)
