NAME

       ircd-ratbox - Advanced, stable and fast ircd

SYNOPSIS

       ircd-ratbox [-help | -version]

       ircd-ratbox [-basedir BASEDIR] [-configfile CONFFILE] [-logfile LOGFILE]
                   [-pidfile PIDFILE] [-foreground] [-conftest]

DESCRIPTION

       ircd-ratbox is the main ircd daemon responsible for running the IRC server. It delegates
       specific tasks to several other daemons: resolver, ssld, bandb.

OPTIONS

       -help
           Show summary of options.

       -version
           Display version information.

       -basedir BASEDIR
           Before starting the server, enter BASEDIR directory (chdir).

       -configfile CONFFILE
           Set configuration file (defaults to /etc/ircd-ratbox/ircd.conf).

       -logfile LOGFILE
           Set main log path (defaults to /var/log/ircd-ratbox/ircd.log).

       -pidfile PIDFILE
           Set file used to store main daemon PID (defaults to /etc/ircd-ratbox/ircd.pid).

       -foreground
           Don't detach process in the background.

       -conftest
           Check configuration and exit.

AUTHOR

       Marc `Duck` Dequènes <Duck@DuckCorp.org>
           Original author.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2011 Marc Dequènes (Duck)

       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.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License version 3 can be
       found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.