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-.TH ngircd 8 "August 2005" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
+.TH ngircd 8 "Dec 2010" 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
+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.
\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 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
-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)