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ii(1)									 ii(1)

NAME
       ii - irc it or irc improved

DESCRIPTION
       ii  is a minimalistic FIFO and filesystem based IRC client.  It creates
       an irc directory tree with server, channel and nick  name  directories.
       In  every  directory  a	FIFO  file  (in)  and and normal file (out) is
       placed. This will be for example ~/irc/irc.freenode.net/.  The in  file
       is  used to communicate with the servers and the out files includes the
       server messages. For every channel and every nick name  there  will  be
       new in and out files.  The basic idea of this is to be able to communi‐
       cate with an IRC server with basic command line tools.  For example  if
       you  will join a channel just do echo "/j #channel" > in and ii creates
       a new channel directory with in and out file.

SYNOPSIS
       ii [-s servername] [-p port] [-k password] [-i  prefix]	[-n  nickname]
       [-f realname]

OPTIONS
       -s servername
	      lets you override the default servername (irc.freenode.net)

       -p port
	      lets you override the default port (6667)

       -k password
	      lets you use a password to authenticate your nick on the server

       -i prefix
	      lets you override the default irc path (~/irc)

       -n nickname
	      lets you override the default nick ($USER)

       -f realname
	      lets you specify your real name associated with your nick

DIRECTORIES
       ~/irc  In  this	directory the irc tree will be created. In this direc‐
	      tory you	will  find  a  directory  for  your  server  (default:
	      irc.freenode.net)	 in which the FIFO and the output file will be
	      stored.  If you join a channel a new directory with the name  of
	      the channel will be created in the ~/irc/$servername/ directory.

COMMANDS
       /j #channel/nickname [<message>]
	      join a channel or open private conversation with user

       /l #channel/nickname
	      leave a channel or query

       /n nick
	      change the nick name

       /t topic
	      set the topic of a channel

       Everything  which is not a command will simply be posted into the chan‐
       nel or to the server.
	      So if you need /who just write /WHO as described in the  RFC  to
	      the server in FIFO.

       Write  wrappers,	 pagers or use your tools of choice to display the out
       file contents (loco, multitail, etc.).

CONTACT
       Write to ii (at) modprobe (dot) de for suggestions,  fixes,  7|-|><  ;)
       etc.

AUTHORS
       Copyright © 2005-2006 by Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam (at) gmail (dot) com>
       and Copyright © 2005-2007 by Nico Golde <nico (at) ngolde (dot) de>

SEE ALSO
       echo(1), tail(1),

									 ii(1)

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