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-.TH ngircd 8 "August 2005" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
+.TH ngircd 8 "Dec 2008" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
.SH NAME
ngIRCd \- the next generation IRC daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.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 as well.
+systems as well. By default, ngIRCd writes diagnostic and informational messages using
+the syslog mechanism.
.SH OPTIONS
The default behaviour of
.BR ngircd
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-configtest\fR
Read, validate and display the configuration; then exit.
.TP
-\fB\-\-version\fR
+\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Output version information and exit.
.TP
-\fB\-\-help\fR
+\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Display a brief help text and exit.
.SH FILES
.I :ETCDIR:/ngircd.conf
.RS
Default "message of the day" (MOTD).
.RE
+.SH HINTS
+It's wise to use "ngircd \-\-configtest" to validate the configuration file
+after changing it.
.SH AUTHOR
Alexander Barton,
.UR mailto:alex@barton.de
-alex@barton.de
.UE
.br
Homepage:
.UR http://ngircd.barton.de/
-http://ngircd.barton.de/
.UE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ngircd.conf (5),