ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server http://ngircd.barton.de/ (c)2001-2013 Alexander Barton and Contributors. ngIRCd is free software and published under the terms of the GNU General Public License. -- Commands.txt -- This file lists all commands available on ngIRCd. It is written in a format that is human readable as well as machine parseable and therefore can be used as "help text file" of the daemon. In short, the daemon reads this file on startup and parses it as following when an user issues a "HELP " command: 1. Search the file for a line "- ", 2. Output all subsequent lines that start with a TAB (ASCII 9) character to the client using NOTICE commands, treat lines containing a single "." after the TAB as empty lines. 3. Break at the first line not starting with a TAB character. This format allows to have information to each command stored in this file which will not be sent to an IRC user requesting help which enables us to have additional annotations stored here which further describe the origin, implementation details, or limits of the specific command which are not relevant to an end-user but administrators and developers. A special "Intro" block is returned to the user when the HELP command is used without a command name: - Intro This is ngIRCd, a server software for Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks. You can find more information about ngIRCd on its homepage: . Use "HELP COMMANDS" to get a list of all available commands and "HELP " to get help for a specific IRC command, for example "HELP quit" or "HELP privmsg". Connection Handling Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - CAP CAP LS CAP LIST CAP REQ CAP ACK CAP NAK CAP CLEAR CAP END . List, request, and clear "IRC Capabilities". . Using this command, an IRC client can request additional "IRC capabilities" during login or later on, which influences the communication between server and client. Normally, these commands aren't directly used by humans, but automatically by their client software. And please note that issuing such commands manually can irritate the client software used, because of the "non-standard" behavior of the server! . - CAP LS: list all available capabilities. - CAP LIST: list active capabilities of this connection. - CAP REQ: Request particular capabilities. - CAP ACK: Acknowledge a set of capabilities to be enabled/disabled. - CAP NAK: Reject a set of capabilities. - CAP CLEAR: Clear all set capabilities. - CAP END: Indicate end of capability negotiation during login, ignored in an fully registered session. Please note that the must be given in a single parameter but whitespace separated, therefore a command could look like this: "CAP REQ :capability1 capability2 capability3" for example. References: - - - doc/Capabilities.txt - CHARCONV CHARCONV . Set client character set encoding to . . After receiving such a command, the server translates all message data received from the client using the set to the server encoding (UTF-8), and all message data which is to be sent to the client from the server encoding (UTF-8) to . . This enables older clients and clients using "strange" character sets to transparently participate in channels and direct messages to clients using UTF-8, which should be the default today. References: - - doc/Protocol.txt - NICK NICK . Change your nickname to . - PASS PASS [] . Set a connection . This command must be sent before the NICK/USER registration combination. . See doc/Protocol.txt for more info. - PING PING [] . Tests the presence of a connection. A PING message results in a PONG reply. If is specified, the message gets passed on to it. - PONG PONG [] . This command is a reply to the PING command and works in much the same way. - QUIT QUIT [] . End IRC session and disconnect from the server. . If a has been given, it is displayed to all the channels that you are a member of when leaving. - USER USER . This command is used at the beginning of a connection to specify the name, hostname, and initial user of the connecting client. . may contain spaces, and thus must be prefixed with a colon. - WEBIRC See doc/Protocol.txt General Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - AWAY AWAY [] . Provides the server with a message to automatically send in reply to a PRIVMSG directed at the user, but not to a channel they are on. . If is omitted, the away status is removed. - HELP HELP [] . Show help information for a specific IRC . The name is case-insensitive. . Use the command "HELP Commands" to get a list of all available commands. The HELP command isn't specified by any RFC but implemented by most daemons. If no help text could be read in, ngIRCd outputs a list of all implemented commands when receiving a plain "HELP" command as well as on "HELP Commands". ngIRCd replies using "NOTICE" commands like ircd 2.10/2.11; other implementations are using numerics 704, 705, and 706. - MODE MODE (user) MODE [] . The MODE command is dual-purpose. It can be used to set both (user) and modes. . See doc/Modes.txt for more information. - NOTICE NOTICE . Send to (nick or channel). . This command works similarly to PRIVMSG, except automatic replies must never be sent in reply to NOTICE messages. - PRIVMSG PRIVMSG . Send to (nick or channel). . Common IRC clients use MSG as PRIVMSG alias. (Some clients use "QUERY []" to open a private chat.) Status and Informational Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - ADMIN ADMIN [] . Show administrative information about an IRC server in the network. . can be a server name, the nickname of a client connected to a specific server, or a mask matching a server name in the network. The server of the current connection is used when is omitted. References: - RFC 2812, 3.4.9 "Admin command" - INFO INFO [] . Show the version, birth & online time of an IRC server in the network. . can be a server name, the nickname of a client connected to a specific server, or a mask matching a server name in the network. The server of the current connection is used when is omitted. References: - RFC 2812, 3.4.10 "Info command" - ISON ISON [ [...]] . Query online status of a list of nicknames. The server replies with a list only containing nicknames actually connected to a server in the network. If no nicknames of the given list are online, an empty list is returned to the client requesting the information. Please note that "all" IRC daemons even parse separate nicknames in a single parameter (like ":nick1 nick2"), and therefore ngIRCd implements this behaviour, too. References: - RFC 2812, 4.9 "Ison message" - LINKS LINKS [[] [] . List all servers currently registered in the network matching , or all servers if has been omitted, as seen by the server specified by or the local server when is omitted. . can be a server name, the nickname of a client connected to a specific server, or a mask matching a server name in the network. References: - RFC 2812, 3.4.5 "Links message" - LUSERS LUSERS [ []] . Return statistics about the number of clients (users, servers, services, ...) in the network as seen by the server . . can be a server name, the nickname of a client connected to a specific server, or a mask matching a server name in the network. The server of the current connection is used when is omitted. Please note that ngIRCd ignores the parameter entirely: it is not possible to get information for a part of the network only. References: - RFC 2812, 3.4.2 "Lusers message" - MOTD MOTD [] . Show the "Message of the Day" (MOTD) of an IRC server in the network. . can be a server name, the nickname of a client connected to a specific server, or a mask matching a server name in the network. The server of the current connection is used when is omitted. References: - RFC 2812, 3.4.1 "Motd message" - NAMES NAMES [[,[,...]] []] . Show the list of users that are members of a particular (and that are visible for the client requesting this information) as seen by the server . More than one can be given separated by "," (but not whitespaces!). . If has been omitted, all visible users are shown, grouped by channel name, and all visible users not being members of at least one channel are shown as members of the pseudo channel "*". . can be a server name, the nickname of a client connected to a specific server, or a mask matching a server name in the network. The server of the current connection is used when is omitted. References: - RFC 2812, 3.2.5 "Names message" - STATS STATS [ []] . Show statistics and other information of type of a particular IRC server in the network. . The following types are supported (case-insensitive): . - g Network-wide bans ("G-Lines"). - k Server-local bans ("K-Lines"). - l Link status (parent server and own link only). - m Command usage count. - u Server uptime. . can be a server name, the nickname of a client connected to a specific server, or a mask matching a server name in the network. The server of the current connection is used when is omitted. References: - RFC 2812, 3.4.4 "Stats message" - TIME TIME [] . Show the local time of an IRC server in the network. . can be a server name, the nickname of a client connected to a specific server, or a mask matching a server name in the network. The server of the current connection is used when is omitted. References - RFC 2812, 3.4.6 "Time message" - TRACE TRACE [] . Trace a path across the IRC network of the current server, or if given of a specific , in a similar method to traceroute. - USERHOST USERHOST [ [...]] . Show flags and the hostmasks (@) of the s, separated by spaces. The following flags are used: . - "-" The client is "away" (the mode "+a" is set on this client). - "+" Client seems to be available, at least it isn't marked "away". - "*" The client is an IRC operator (the mode "+o" is set). References: - RFC 2812, 4.8 "Userhost message" - VERSION VERSION [] . Show version information about a particular IRC server in the network. . can be a server name, the nickname of a client connected to a specific server, or a mask matching a server name in the network. The server of the current connection is used when is omitted. . Please note: in normal operation, the version number ends in a dot (".", for example "ngIRCd-20.1."). If it ends in ".1" (for example "ngIRCd-20.1.1", same version than before!), the server is running in debug-mode; and if it ends in ".2", the "network sniffer" is active! Keep your privacy in mind ... References: - RFC 2812, 3.4.3 "Version message" - WHO WHO [ ["o"]] . Show a list of users who match the , or all visible users when the has been omitted. (Special case: the "0" is equivalent to "*") . If the flag "o" is given, the server will only return information about IRC Operators. References: - RFC 2812, 3.6.1 "Who query" - WHOIS WHOIS [] [,[,...]] . Query information about users matching the parameter(s) as seen by the server ; up to 3 are supported. . can be a server name, the nickname of a client connected to a specific server, or a mask matching a server name in the network. The server of the current connection is used when is omitted. References: - RFC 2812, 3.6.2 "Whois query" - WHOWAS WHOWAS [,[,...]] [ []] . Query information about nicknames no longer in use in the network, either because of nickname changes or disconnects. The history is searched backwards, returning the most recent entry first. If there are multiple entries, up to entries will be shown (or all of them, if no has been given). . can be a server name, the nickname of a client connected to a specific server, or a mask matching a server name in the network. The server of the current connection is used when is omitted. References: - RFC 2812, 3.6.3 "Whowas" Channel Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - INVITE INVITE . Invite to join channel . . does not have to exist, but if it does, only members of the channel are allowed to invite other users. If the channel mode "+i" is set, only channel "half-ops" (and above) may invite other clients, and if channel mode "+V" is set, nobody can invite other users. References: - RFC 2812, 3.2.7 "Invite message" - JOIN JOIN [] . Makes the client join the (comma-separated list), specifying the passwords, if needed, in the comma-separated list. A is only needed, if the mode "+k" is set. . If the channel(s) do not exist, then they will be created. - KICK KICK [,[,...]] [,[,...]] [] . Remove users(s) with (s) from (s). . There must be either exactly one parameter and multiple parameters, or as many parameters as there are parameters. The is shown to the users being kicked, and the nickname of the current user is used when is omitted. References: - RFC 2812, 3.2.8 "Kick command" - LIST LIST [ []] . List all visible (comma-seperated list) on the current server. If is given, the command will be forwarded to for evaluation. - PART PART [] . Leave (comma-separated list), optional with a . - TOPIC TOPIC . Set a for . . Only operators are able to set a . Administrative Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - CONNECT CONNECT [ [ [ ]]] . Instructs the current server, or if specified, to connect to . . To connect you need to have remote oper status. If is omitted, it uses the server port of the configuration. If and is given, it uses those passwords instead of the ones in the configuration. - DIE DIE . Instructs the server to shut down. - DISCONNECT DISCONNECT [] . Disconnects the current server, or if specified. To disconnect a you need to have remote oper status. - GLINE GLINE : . This command provides timed G-Lines (Network-wide bans). If a client matches a G-Line, it cannot connect to any server on the IRC network. If you put 0 as , it makes the G-Line permanent. . To remove a G-Line, type "GLINE ". To list the G-Lines, type "STATS g". - KILL KILL . Forcibly remove all users with a given from the IRC network and display the given to them. . This command is used internally between servers, too, for example to disconnect duplicate 's after a "net split". References: - RFC 2812, 3.7.1 "Kill message" - KLINE KLINE : . This command provides timed K-Lines (Server-local bans). If a client matches a K-Line, it cannot connect to the issued server. If you put 0 as , it makes the K-Line permanent. . To remove a K-Line, type "KLINE ". To list the K-Lines, type "STATS k". - OPER OPER . Authenticates as an IRC operator on the current server/network. - REHASH REHASH . Causes the server to re-read and re-process its configuration file(s). - RESTART RESTART . Restart the server. - WALLOPS WALLOPS . Sends to all users with user mode "+w". IRC Service Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - SERVICE - SERVLIST SERVLIST [ []] . List all IRC services currently registered in the network. . The optional and parameters can be used to limit the listing to services matching the and that are of type . . Please note that ngIRCd doesn't use any service types at the moment and therefore all services are of type "0". References: - RFC 2812, 3.5.1 "Servlist message" - SQUERY - SVSNICK Server Protocol Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - CHANINFO CHANINFO + [[ ] ] . CHANINFO is used by servers to inform each other about a channel: its modes, channel key, user limits and its topic. . See doc/Protocol.txt for more information. - ERROR ERROR [ [<> [...]]] . Return an error message to the server. The first parameter, if given, will be logged by the server, all further parameters are silently ignored. . This command is silently ignored on non-server and non-service links. - METADATA METADATA . The METADATA command is used on server-links to update "metadata" information of clients, like the hostname, the info text ("real name"), or the user name. . See doc/Protocol.txt for more information. - NJOIN - SERVER - SQUIT SQUIT . Disconnects an IRC Server from the network. Dummy Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - SUMMON SUMMON [ []] . This command was intended to call people into IRC who are directly connected to the terminal console of the IRC server -- but is deprecated today. Therefore ngIRCd doesn't really implement this command and always returns an error message, regardless of the parameters given. References: - RFC 2812, 4.5 "Summon message" - USERS USERS [] . This command was intended to list users directly logged in into the console of the IRC server -- but is deprecated today. Therefore ngIRCd doesn't really implement this command and always returns an error message, regardless of the parameters given. References: - RFC 2812, 4.6 "Users" - GET - POST