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Irssi(1)						      General Commands Manual							  Irssi(1)

NAME
Irssi - a modular IRC client for UNIX SYNOPSIS
irssi [-dv!?] [-c server] [-p port] [-n nickname] [-w password] [-h hostname] DESCRIPTION
Irssi is a modular Internet Relay Chat client. It is highly extensible and very secure. Being a fullscreen, termcap based client with many features, Irssi is easily extensible through scripts and modules. OPTIONS
--config=FILE use FILE instead of ~/.irssi/config. --home=PATH PATH specifies the home directory of Irssi. Default is ~/.irssi -c, --connect=SERVER connects to SERVER -w, --password=PASSWORD use PASSWORD for authentication. -p, --port=PORT automatically connect to PORT on server. -!, --noconnect disables autoconnecting. -n, --nick=NICKNAME specify NICKNAME as your nick. -h, --hostname=HOSTNAME use HOSTNAME for your irc session. -d, --dummy use dummy terminal mode. -v, --version display the version of Irssi. -?, --help show a help message. SEE ALSO
Irssi has been supplied with a huge amount of documentation. Check /help or look at the files contained by /usr/share/doc/irssi* FILES
/etc/irssi.conf Global configuration file ~/.irssi/config Personal configuration file ~/.irssi/config.autosave Automatic save of the personal config file when it was changed externally ~/.irssi/default.theme Default irssi theme ~/.irssi/away.log Logged messages in away status /usr/share/irssi/help/ Directory including many help files /usr/share/irssi/scripts/ Global scripts directory /usr/share/irssi/themes/ Global themes directory ~/.irssi/scripts/ Default scripts directory ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/ Directory containing links to scripts that should be loaded automatically on startup ~/.irssi/startup File containing a list of commands to execute on startup AUTHORS
/CREDITS Irssi was written by Timo Sirainen <cras@irssi.org> This manpage was written by Istvan Sebestyen <stevee@alphanet.ch> and Stefan Tomanek <stefan@pico.ruhr.de> Irssi IRC client September 2002 Irssi(1)

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MINBIF(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 MINBIF(8)

NAME
minbif - The IRC instant messaging gateway SYNOPSIS
minbif [-hv] [--pidfile pidfile] CONFIG_FILE DESCRIPTION
Minbif is an IRC gateway to IM networks which provides the following features: * Minbif uses a library which abstracts all IM calls, and has several plugins to support more than 15 IM protocols (IRC included!); * Two modes: inetd and daemon fork; * Only IRC commands are used to control Minbif; * IM Certificates check; * Buddies are IRC users; * Each account is associated to a status channel, where all connected buddies are; * Add and remove buddies from list with /INVITE and /KICK commands; * Blocked users are bans on the account's status channel; * Display when a buddy is typing a message; * Can chat with someone who is not in your buddy list; * You can see buddies' icons (with libcaca) or download them; * DCC SEND an image to set your icon on IM networks; * Display extended information about buddies with /WII command; * Status management; * Can send and receive files, which are sent or received to/from your IRC client with DCC SEND; * Conversation channels are supported; * Auto-rejoin conversation channels at connection; * Display list of channels on an IM account with /LIST; * irssi scripts to increase your user experience of minbif; * CACAcam (webcam in ascii art); * CoinCoin plugin for libpurple; * PAM support; * TLS support with certificate auth. OPTIONS
--pidfile pidfile path to pidfile where the minbif's PID is written. --version display version of minbif. --help show help. config_file Configuration file location. CONFIGURATION
Edit the minbif.conf file and change value when needed. With the inetd mode, use this command to add minbif: # update-inetd --add '56667 stream tcp nowait minbif /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/bin/minbif /etc/minbif/minbif.conf' With the daemon fork mode, run minbif with: # minbif /etc/minbif/minbif.conf HOW TO USE
Connect your IRC client (for examble irssi) on minbif with this command: /server localhost 56667 password The nickname set on your IRC client is your username on minbif. First time you connect to minbif with this nickname, the account is created and the password parameter is set. Next, use the /map help command to know how to add a network. See also: http://minbif.im/Quick_start COPYRIGHT
Copyright(C) 2009-2011 Romain Bignon For full COPYRIGHT see COPYING file with minbif package. FILES
"minbif.conf" 04 December 2011 MINBIF(8)
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