IRCD-RATBOX(8)						  System Administration Commands					    IRCD-RATBOX(8)

NAME

       ircd-ratbox - Advanced, stable and fast ircd

SYNOPSIS

       ircd-ratbox [-help | -version]

       ircd-ratbox [-basedir BASEDIR] [-configfile CONFFILE] [-logfile LOGFILE] [-pidfile PIDFILE] [-foreground] [-conftest]

DESCRIPTION

       ircd-ratbox is the main ircd daemon responsible for running the IRC server. It delegates specific tasks to several other daemons: resolver,
       ssld, bandb.

OPTIONS

       -help
	   Show summary of options.

       -version
	   Display version information.

       -basedir BASEDIR
	   Before starting the server, enter BASEDIR directory (chdir).

       -configfile CONFFILE
	   Set configuration file (defaults to /etc/ircd-ratbox/ircd.conf).

       -logfile LOGFILE
	   Set main log path (defaults to /var/log/ircd-ratbox/ircd.log).

       -pidfile PIDFILE
	   Set file used to store main daemon PID (defaults to /etc/ircd-ratbox/ircd.pid).

       -foreground
	   Don't detach process in the background.

       -conftest
	   Check configuration and exit.

AUTHOR

       Marc `Duck` Dequenes <Duck@DuckCorp.org>
	   Original author.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2011 Marc Dequenes (Duck)

       This manual page was written for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify
       this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License version 3 can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.

ircd ratbox							    2011-11-07							    IRCD-RATBOX(8)