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-.\" $Id: ngircd.8,v 1.8 2003/03/10 00:58:06 alex Exp $
+.\" $Id: ngircd.8,v 1.11 2005/08/12 13:20:54 alex Exp $
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-.TH ngircd 8 "March 2003" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
+.TH ngircd 8 "August 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
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
.PP
You can use these options to modify this default:
.TP
-\fB\-\-configtest\fR
-Read, validate and display the configuration; then exit.
-.TP
\fB\-f\fR \fIfile\fR, \fB\-\-config\fR \fIfile\fR
Use
.I 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
CONNECT later on as IRC Operator to link this ngIRCd to other servers.
.TP
+\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-configtest\fR
+Read, validate and display the configuration; then exit.
+.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
Output version information and exit.
.TP
.UE
.br
Homepage:
-.UR http://arthur.ath.cx/~alex/ngircd/
-http://arthur.ath.cx/~alex/ngircd/
+.UR http://ngircd.barton.de/
+http://ngircd.barton.de/
.UE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ngircd.conf (5),