---
name: "dancer-ircd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "dancer-ircd"
version: "1.0.36-8.1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dancer-ircd"
---

# dancer-ircd(8)

an IRC server

## NAME

dancer-ircd - an IRC server

## SYNOPSIS

- **ircd**

  \[-d filename\] \[-f filename\] \[-h hostname\] \[-k filename\] \[-l filename\] \[-n\] \[-v\] \[-x debuglevel\]

## DESCRIPTION

dancer-ircd is the IRC server used by FreeNode Network (amongst others), built in an effort to overcome the anachronisms, limitations, and hysterical raisins of traditional IRC servers.

## OPTIONS

- **-d filename**

  Where to find the D:line config file.

- **-f filename**

  Where to find the main config file.

- **-h hostname**

  Specify the server name this ircd will be. This should usually match it's primary hostname.

- **-k filename**

  Where to find the K:line config file.

- **-l filename**

  Where to write the logfile.

- **-n**

  Do not fork, run in the foreground.

- **-v**

  Print version and exit.

- **-x debuglevel**

  Sets the debug level. Higher is more data. Only effective if the ircd was compiled for debugging.

## COPYRIGHT

(c) 1988,1989 University of Oulu, Computing Center, Finland,

(c) 1988,1989 Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, Finland

(c) 1988,1989,1990,1991 Jarkko Oikarinen

(c) 1999-2003 Andrew Suffield

Various other people have written or contributed to this ircd, see connect to it and use "/info" in your IRC client for a fuller list.

See /usr/share/doc/dancer-ircd/copyright

## FILES

 /etc/dancer-ircd/ircd.conf\
  /etc/dancer-ircd/olines\
  /etc/dancer-ircd/motd\
  /etc/dancer-ircd/omotd\
  /etc/dancer-ircd/ohelp\
  /var/lib/dancer-ircd/dline.conf\
  /var/lib/dancer-ircd/kline.conf

## SEE ALSO

There is more detailed documentation on some of the features of dancer-ircd to be found in /usr/share/doc/dancer-ircd, contained within the dancer-ircd-doc package.

## AUTHOR

Jarkko Oikarinen, currently jto@tolsun.oulu.fi, manual page written by Jeff Trim, jtrim@orion.cair.du.edu, later modified by jto@tolsun.oulu.fi.

Rewritten 2001 by Andrew Suffield \<asuffield@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).