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[BEG] 1 About IRC
1. About IRC
IRC stands for "Internet Relay Chat". It was originally
written by Jarkko Oikarinen (jto@tolsun.oulu.fi) in 1988. Since
starting in Finland, it has been used in over 60 countries
around the world. It was designed as a replacement for the
"talk" program but has become much much more than that. IRC is
a multi-user chat system, where people convene on "channels"
(a virtual place, usually with a topic of conversation) to talk
in groups, or privately. IRC is constantly evolving, so the way
things to work one week may not be the way they work the next.
Read the MOTD (message of the day) every time you use IRC to
keep up on any new happenings or server updates.
IRC gained international fame during the 1991 Persian Gulf War,
where updates from around the world came accross the wire, and
most irc users who were online at the time gathered on a single
channel to hear these reports. IRC had similar uses during the
coup against Boris Yeltsin in September 1993, where IRC users
from Moscow were giving live reports about the unstable
situation there.
[END]
[BEG] 2 About IRCDOOR
2. About IRCDOOR
The IRCDOOR is an OS/2 32-bit IRC BBS client-door that (unlike
other IRC clients) provides the BBS door interface allowing to
be run from BBS either from remote, or locally. It supports
TTY and ANSI graphics and numerous count of command line
parameters.
The shareware version of IRCDOOR must be available at the
following FTP sites:
Site: ftp.dcbalt.vernet.lv (AndRew's BBS FTP server)
File: /base2/bbsfiles/comm/bbsdoors/ircdoor/ircdor*.zip
Site: juge.com (OS/2 Comm Port FTP site)
File: /ircdoor/ircd*.zip
My best regards and enjoy IRC,
Andrew Eigus AKA Mr. Byte
E-Mail: mrbyte@bbs.dcbalt.vernet.lv, mrbyte@hpe25.swh.lv,
aeigus@fgate.castle.riga.lv
[END]
[BEG] 3 IRC commands
3. IRC commands
3.1 The /LIST command
/LIST Lists all current irc channels, number of
users, and topic. (slow and can terminate
connection on some servers)
Example on /LIST command: /LIST -min 10
3.2 The /NAMES command
/NAMES Shows the nicknames of all users on each
channel
3.3 The /JOIN command
/JOIN <channel> Join the named channel. All non-commands
you type will now go to everyone on that
channel. Channel must start with the '#'
character. If you are on a channel, the
/JOIN command will also automatically
get you out of the channel you are cur-
rently in, and will bring you to the
specified one.
Example on /JOIN command:
/JOIN #usa
3.4 The /MSG command
/MSG <nick> <msg> Sends a private message to the specified
person. Only the specified nickname will
see this message.
Example on /MSG command:
/MSG Hoolio Hello Hoolio!
3.5 The /NICK command
/NICK <nick> Change your nickname
When you're connected, your BBS login name
is usually taken as the default 'nickname'
for yourself. You may wish to change this
with this command.
Example on /NICK command:
/NICK IRCD00R
3.6 The /QUIT command
/QUIT or /BYE <str> Exits IRC. <str> parameter is optional,
and if specified, will be used as a signoff
string.
3.7 The /HELP command
/HELP <topic> Gets IRCDOOR online help menu.
3.8 The /WHO command
/WHO <channel> Shows who is on a given channel,
including nickname, user name and host,
and realname.
3.9 The /WHOIS command
/WHOIS <nick> Shows the "true" indentity of someone
Use this often to make sure you know who
you are talking to, because nicknames are
NOT owned so any number of people could
use a nickname.
3.10 The /WHOWAS command
/WHOWAS <nick> This command asks for information about a
nickname which no longer exists. This may
either be due to a nickname change or the
user leaving IRC.
3.11 The /MODE command
/MODE <params> Allows both usernames and channels to have
their mode changed. This can be only used
by channel operators. The <params> should
contain valid parameters for the /MODE
command i.e. the channel name, the
nickname (when appropriate), and the /MODE
command switches. The following listed are
some most used /MODE commands:
/MODE <channel> <+|->o <nick> - take/give the channel operator
privileges for the specified
user.
/MODE <channel> <+|->i - change invite-only flag for
the specified channel.
/MODE <channel> <+|->p - change private flag for the
specified channel.
/MODE <channel> <+|->s - change secret flag for the
specified channel.
/MODE <channel> <+|->t - change topic-setable flag for
the specified channel.
/MODE <channel> <+|->n - set/unset no messages to
channel from the outside flag.
/MODE <channel> <+|->m - change moderated channel flag
for the specified channel.
/MODE <channel> <+|->l <lim> - set/unset the user limit to
channel.
/MODE <channel> <+|->b <user> - set/unset a ban mask to keep
the specified user out of the
channel.
/MODE <channel> <+|->v <user> - give/take the ability to speak
on the moderated channel.
/MODE <channel> <+|->k <pass> - set/unset a channel password.
Examples on /MODE command:
/MODE #latvia -o Kaspariic
/MODE #gonnabe +b *!*@microsoft.com
3.12 The /KICK command
/KICK <params> The KICK command can be used to forcibly
remove a user from a channel. It 'kicks
them out' of the channel (forced PART).
This can only be used by channel opera-
tors. The <params> consist of the spaced
<channel>, <nick> and <comment> options.
Note: the <comment> option is not obli-
gate.
Example on /KICK command:
/KICK #ircdoor Lamer Lamers not allowed
3.13 The /INVITE command
/INVITE <params> The INVITE message is used to invite users
to a channel. The <params> s