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NAME

Irssi - a modular IRC client for UNIX

SYNOPSIS

irssi [-dv!?] [-c server] [-p port] [-n nickname] [-w password] [-h hostname]

DESCRIPTION

Irssi is a modular Internet Relay Chat client. It is highly extensible and very secure. Being a fullscreen, termcap based client with many features, Irssi is easily extensible through scripts and modules.

OPTIONS

--config=FILE: use FILE instead of ~/.irssi/config.

--home=PATH: PATH specifies the home directory of Irssi. Default is ~/.irssi

--session=PATH: this option is here just for internal use. It is needed during an /UPGRADE. For more information see /help upgrade.

-c, --connect=SERVER: connects to SERVER

-w, --password=PASSWORD: use PASSWORD for authentification.

-p, --port=PORT: automatically connect to PORT on server.

-!, --noconnect: disables autoconnecting.

-n, --nick=NICKNAME: specify NICKNAME as your nick.

-h, --hostname=HOSTNAME: use HOSTNAME for your irc session.

-d, --dummy: use dummy terminal mode.

-v, --version: display the version of Irssi.

-?, --help: show a help message.

--usage: display brief usage message.

FILES

/etc/irssi.conf: Global configuration file

~/.irssi/config: Personal configuration file

~/.irssi/config.autosave: Automatic save of the personal config file when it was changed externally

~/.irssi/default.theme: Default irssi theme

~/.irssi/away.log: Logged messages in away status

~/.irssi/startup: The contents of this file as executed as a command on startup

/usr/share/irssi/help/: Directory including many help files

/usr/share/irssi/scripts/: Global scripts directory

/usr/share/irssi/themes/: Global themes directory

~/.irssi/scripts/: Default scripts directory

~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/: Directory containing links to scripts that should be loaded automatically on startup

AUTHORS/CREDITS

Irssi was written by Timo Sirainen <[email protected]>

This manpage was written by Istvan Sebestyen <[email protected]> and Stefan Tomanek <[email protected]>