ngIRCd Release 27

[ngircd-alex.git] / doc / Commands.txt

diff --git a/doc/Commands.txt b/doc/Commands.txt
index 50a52d58d56c92cec5a40d3f65fb9312f2b0cd34..0ca8703cf4c9831a6cb4f292de80ce9935c028f0 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/Commands.txt
+++ b/doc/Commands.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
                      ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
                            http://ngircd.barton.de/
 
-               (c)2001-2013 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
+               (c)2001-2019 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
                ngIRCd is free software and published under the
                    terms of the GNU General Public License.
 
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ General Commands
        In addition, IRC Ops can use these two forms to specify the <target>:
        .
         - #<hostmask>
-        - #<servermask>
+        - $<servermask>
        .
        The <mask> can contain the wildcard characters "*" and "?", but must
        contain at least one dot (".") and no wildcard after the last one.
@@ -380,13 +380,13 @@ Status and Informational Commands
 
        Please note that "all" IRC daemons even parse separate nicknames in
        a single parameter (like ":nick1 nick2"), and therefore ngIRCd
-       implements this behaviour, too.
+       implements this behavior, too.
 
        References:
         - RFC 2812, 4.9 "Ison message"
 
 - LINKS
-       LINKS [[<target>] [<mask>]
+       LINKS [[<target>] <mask>]
        .
        List all servers currently registered in the network matching <mask>,
        or all servers if <mask> has been omitted, as seen by the server
@@ -617,9 +617,10 @@ Channel Commands
         - RFC 2812, 3.2.8 "Kick command"
 
 - LIST
-       LIST [<channel>[,<channel>[,...]] [<server>]]
+       LIST [<mask>[,<mask>[,...]] [<server>]]
        .
-       List all visible <channels> (comma-separated list).
+       List all visible channels matching the <mask> (comma-separated list),
+       or all channels when no <mask> was specified.
        .
        If <server> is given, the command will be forwarded to <server> for
        evaluation.
@@ -873,6 +874,10 @@ Server Protocol Commands
        CHANINFO is used by servers to inform each other about a channel:
        its modes, channel key, user limits and its topic.
        .
+       Note: even when <modes> don't include "k" (key) or "l" (limit), both
+       parameters must be given when used; use "*" for "no key" and 0 for
+       "no limit" for the unused parameter in this case.
+       .
        The CHANINFO command is allowed on server-links only.
 
        References:
@@ -882,7 +887,7 @@ Server Protocol Commands
 - ERROR
        ERROR [<message> [<> [...]]]
        .
-       Inform a client or a server about an error condition. The first 
+       Inform a client or a server about an error condition. The first
        parameter, if given, is logged by the server receiving the message,
        all other parameters are silently ignored.
        .