Fix some wording, use spellchecker ;-)

[ngircd-alex.git] / man / ngircd.8.tmpl

diff --git a/man/ngircd.8.tmpl b/man/ngircd.8.tmpl
index 5c60a47a3c067335f11b1bb29db9c9e1366b1cb1..d907e6fad10e779417b021c5d83eb6bc4f26528d 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ngircd.8.tmpl
+++ b/man/ngircd.8.tmpl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"

-.\" $Id: ngircd.8.tmpl,v 1.2 2007/11/15 01:03:29 fw Exp $
+.\" ngircd(8) manual page template

 .\"
 .\"

-.TH ngircd 8 "May 2008" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
+.TH ngircd 8 "Dec 2010" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"

 .SH NAME
 ngIRCd \- the next generation IRC daemon
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .SH NAME
 ngIRCd \- the next generation IRC daemon
 .SH SYNOPSIS


@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ there are good chances that it also supports other UNIX-based operating
 systems as well. By default, ngIRCd writes diagnostic and informational messages using
 the syslog mechanism.
 .SH OPTIONS
 systems as well. By default, ngIRCd writes diagnostic and informational messages using
 the syslog mechanism.
 .SH OPTIONS

-The default behaviour of
+The default behavior of

 .BR ngircd
 is to read its standard configuration file (see below), to detach from the
 controlling terminal and to wait for clients.
 .BR ngircd
 is to read its standard configuration file (see below), to detach from the
 controlling terminal and to wait for clients.


@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ CONNECT later on as IRC Operator to link this ngIRCd to other servers.
 \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-configtest\fR
 Read, validate and display the configuration; then exit.
 .TP
 \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
 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
 Display a brief help text and exit.
 .SH FILES
 .I :ETCDIR:/ngircd.conf


@@ -64,16 +64,24 @@ The system wide default configuration file.
 .RS
 Default "message of the day" (MOTD).
 .RE
 .RS
 Default "message of the day" (MOTD).
 .RE

-.SH AUTHOR
-Alexander Barton,
-.UR mailto:alex@barton.de
-alex@barton.de
-.UE
+.SH SIGNALS
+The daemon understands the following signals:
+.TP
+\fBTERM\fR
+Shut down all connections and terminate the daemon.
+.TP
+\fBHUP\fR
+Shut down all listening sockets, re-read the configuration file and
+re-initialize the daemon.
+.SH HINTS
+It's wise to use "ngircd \-\-configtest" to validate the configuration file
+after changing it.
+.SH AUTHORS
+Alexander Barton, <alex@barton.de>

 .br
 .br

-Homepage:
-.UR http://ngircd.barton.de/
-http://ngircd.barton.de/
-.UE
+Florian Westphal, <fw@strlen.de>
+.PP
+Homepage: http://ngircd.barton.de/

 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR ngircd.conf (5),
 .BR ircd (8)
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR ngircd.conf (5),
 .BR ircd (8)