xaric(1)

NAME

xaric - Internet Relay Chat client for UNIX systems

SYNTAX

xaric [-b] [-f] [-F] [-q] [-a] [-x] [-v]
[-p port] [-H hostname] [-r file] [-n nickname] [-l file] [-L file]

DESCRIPTION

Xaric is a UNIX irc client similer to BitchX or ircII. I would impress you with a list of features, but since it has no impressive features (and lacks a few important ones) that probably is not a good idea. The whole reason for Xaric was to remove all of the bogus, broken crap and silly features from BitchX and have a nice colorful client.

OPTIONS

-H <hostname>
    Use the IP address of the specified hostname as the IP you connect to the IRC server with. This is very common with virtual hosting. It can also be used if gethostname(3) doesn't return a hostname.

-p <port>
    Connect to the IRC server on the port specified instead of the default that you set in your config.h file.

-n <nickname>
    When connecting to the IRC server, use nickname instead of the default of your UNIX login name.

-l <file>
    This option will let you load file instead of your ~/.ircrc

-L <file>
    This option does the same thing as -l, except in this case it also expands $ expandos -b Load your ~/.ircrc file after you connect to the IRC server, instead of before.

-f  If your term uses flow controls (^S/^Q), run xaric with this option and it will not.

-F  Your terminal doesn't use flow controls (this is a default).

-q  Do not load your ~/.ircrc

-a  Adds default servers and command line servers to server list

-x  Run xaric in "debug" mode.

-v  Tells you about the version of xaric that you are running.

FILES

/usr/local/bin/xaric Default location for the xaric binary

~/.ircrc Default initialization file

EXAMPLES

xaric
    This is what should be tried first, it connects to the default server using the nickname $USER

xaric nickname
    Connect to your default IRC server with the nickname specified.

xaric nickname ircd.grateful.org
    Connect to the IRC server located at ircd.grateful.org with the nickname specified

xaric nickname ircd.grateful.org:6669
    Connect to the IRC server located on ircd.grateful.org port 6669, with the nickname specified

xaric nickname irc.efnet.net
    Try this if you're stumped and trying to get on EFnet

xaric nickname irc.dal.net
    Try this if you're stumped and trying to get on DALnet

xaric nickname ircd.grateful.org
    Try this if you're stumped and trying to get on UNIXNet

xaric nickname irc.undernet.org
    Try this if you're stumped and trying to get to UnderNet

WHAT NOW?
We wont explain what to do once you are connected to an IRC server here. If you're connected and you're not sure what to do, you want to visit http://www.irchelp.org/

AUTHORS

IRC Client: Rex G. Feany <laeos@laeos.net> Man Page: Alan P. Laudicina <alanp@unixpower.org>