From 9fa9c1fdda2a76ac50f46e2917c3fec797d835a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Barton Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 13:39:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated manual pages. --- man/ngircd.8 | 21 +++++++++------------ man/ngircd.conf.5 | 11 +++++++---- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/ngircd.8 b/man/ngircd.8 index 17a5699b..d9c29109 100644 --- a/man/ngircd.8 +++ b/man/ngircd.8 @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ .\" -.\" $Id: ngircd.8,v 1.9 2004/04/05 10:59:10 alex Exp $ +.\" $Id: ngircd.8,v 1.10 2005/06/04 13:39:20 alex Exp $ .\" -.TH ngircd 8 "March 2003" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual" +.TH ngircd 8 "Juni 2005" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual" .SH NAME -ngircd \- the next generation IRC daemon +ngIRCd \- the next generation IRC daemon .SH SYNOPSIS .B ngircd [ .I Options .B ] .SH DESCRIPTION -.BR ngircd +.BR ngIRCd is a free open source daemon for the Internet Relay Chat (IRC), developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). .PP @@ -18,16 +18,12 @@ many others. It is easy to configure, supports server links (even with original ircd's) and runs on hosts with changing IP addresses (such as dial-in networks). .PP -Currently supported platforms (tested versions) are: AIX (3.2.5 with IBM XL -C Compiler), A/UX (3.x, Apple pre-ANSI C Compiler and GNU C), FreeBSD -(4.5/i386, GNU C), HP-UX (10.20, GNU C), IRIX (6.5, SGI MIPSpro C 7.30), -Linux (2.2.x/i386, 2.4.x/i386 and 2.4.x/hppa, GNU C), Mac OS X (10.x, GNU C), -NetBSD (1.5.2/i386 and 1.5.3/m68k, GNU C), Solaris (2.5.1 and 2.6, GNU C), -and Windows with Cygwin (GNU C). +Currently supported platforms include AIX, A/UX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, +Linux, Mac OS X, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and Windows with Cygwin. .PP As ngIRCd relies on UNIX standards and uses GNU automake and GNU autoconf there are good chances that it also supports other UNIX-based operating -systems. +systems as well. .SH OPTIONS The default behaviour of .BR ngircd @@ -43,7 +39,8 @@ as configuration file. .TP \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-nodaemon\fR Don't fork a child and don't detach from controlling terminal. -All log messages go to the console. +All log messages go to the console and you can use CTRL-C to +terminate the server. .TP \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-passive\fR Disable automatic connections to other servers. You can use the IRC command diff --git a/man/ngircd.conf.5 b/man/ngircd.conf.5 index c541bcd3..437ce41c 100644 --- a/man/ngircd.conf.5 +++ b/man/ngircd.conf.5 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" -.\" $Id: ngircd.conf.5,v 1.17 2005/04/13 21:40:50 alex Exp $ +.\" $Id: ngircd.conf.5,v 1.18 2005/06/04 13:39:20 alex Exp $ .\" -.TH ngircd.conf 5 "February 2005" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual" +.TH ngircd.conf 5 "Juni 2005" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual" .SH NAME ngircd.conf \- configuration file of ngIRCd .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ represents either a comment, a section name or a parameter. .PP Section and parameter names are not case sensitive. .SH "SECTION OVERVIEW" -The file is separated in four blocks: [Global], [Operator], [Server], +The file can contain blocks of four types: [Global], [Operator], [Server], and [Channel]. .PP In the .I [Global] section, there is the main configuration like the server name and the -ports, on which the server should be listening. IRC operators of this +ports on which the server should be listening. IRC operators of this server are defined in .I [Operator] blocks. @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ blocks. is the section where server links are configured. And .I [Channel] blocks are used to configure pre-defined ("persistent") IRC channels. +.PP +There can be more than one [Operator], [Server] and [Channel] sections +per configuration file, but only one [Global] section. .SH [GLOBAL] The .I [Global] -- 2.39.2