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.\"     Title: ircd-ratbox
.\"    Author: Marc `Duck` Dequènes <Duck@DuckCorp.org>
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.\"      Date: 2011-11-07
.\"    Manual: System Administration Commands
.\"    Source: ircd ratbox
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.TH "IRCD\-RATBOX" "8" "2011\-11\-07" "ircd ratbox" "System Administration Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
ircd-ratbox \- Advanced, stable and fast ircd
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBircd\-ratbox\fR\ 'u
\fBircd\-ratbox\fR [\fB\-help\fR | \fB\-version\fR]
.HP \w'\fBircd\-ratbox\fR\ 'u
\fBircd\-ratbox\fR [\fB\-basedir\fR\ BASEDIR] [\fB\-configfile\fR\ CONFFILE] [\fB\-logfile\fR\ LOGFILE] [\fB\-pidfile\fR\ PIDFILE] [\fB\-foreground\fR] [\fB\-conftest\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBircd\-ratbox\fR
is the main ircd daemon responsible for running the IRC server\&. It delegates specific tasks to several other daemons: resolver, ssld, bandb\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-help\fR
.RS 4
Show summary of options\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-version\fR
.RS 4
Display version information\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-basedir\fR \fIBASEDIR\fR
.RS 4
Before starting the server, enter BASEDIR directory (chdir)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-configfile\fR \fICONFFILE\fR
.RS 4
Set configuration file (defaults to /etc/ircd\-ratbox/ircd\&.conf)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-logfile\fR \fILOGFILE\fR
.RS 4
Set main log path (defaults to /var/log/ircd\-ratbox/ircd\&.log)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-pidfile\fR \fIPIDFILE\fR
.RS 4
Set file used to store main daemon PID (defaults to /etc/ircd\-ratbox/ircd\&.pid)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-foreground\fR
.RS 4
Don\*(Aqt detach process in the background\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-conftest\fR
.RS 4
Check configuration and exit\&.
.RE
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBMarc `Duck` Dequènes\fR <\&Duck@DuckCorp\&.org\&>
.RS 4
Original author\&.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
Copyright \(co 2011 Marc Dequènes (Duck)
.br
.PP
This manual page was written for the
Debian
system (but may be used by others)\&. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation\&.
.PP
On
Debian
systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License version 3 can be found in /usr/share/common\-licenses/GPL\-3\&.
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