Reference

ickle_control(1)

external command-line control for the ickle client

NAME

ickle_control - external command-line control for the ickle client

SYNOPSIS

ickle_control [options]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the commands that ickle_control may take for controlling ickle.

OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

-r, --running

Determine whether ickle is running.

-b, --configdir DIR

Use DIR as the ickle configuration directory. Default is ~/.ickle/

-t, --timeout [TIMEOUT]

Wait at most TIMEOUT seconds for the next command to succeed. Omit TIMEOUT to return immediately.

-s, --status [STATUS]

Set/get status. STATUS can be one of: online, away, na, occupied, dnd, freeforchat, offline.

-i, --invisible [BOOL]

Set/get invisibility.

-a, --away ["MESSAGE"]

Set/get away message.

-c, --addcontact UIN

Add a new contact.

-m, --send UIN MESSAGE

Send MESSAGE to user UIN.

-o, --sms UIN MESSAGE

Send SMS to user UIN.

-q, --quit

Terminate ickle.

-h, --help

Display this help and exit.

-v, --version

Display ickle version and exit.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Barnaby Gray <[email protected]>.