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NAME
       ii - irc it or irc improved


DESCRIPTION
       ii is a minimalistic FIFO and filesystem based IRC client.  It creates an irc directory tree with server,
       channel  and  nick  name  directories.   In every directory a FIFO file (in) and and normal file (out) is
       placed. This will be for example ~/irc/irc.freenode.net/.  The in file is used to  communicate  with  the
       servers  and the out files includes the server messages. For every channel and every nick name there will
       be new in and out files.  The basic idea of this is to be able to communicate with  an  IRC  server  with
       basic  command line tools.  For example if you will join a channel just do echo "/j #channel" > in and ii
       creates a new channel directory with in and out file.


SYNOPSIS
       ii [-s servername] [-p port] [-k environmentvariable] [-i prefix] [-n nickname] [-f realname]


OPTIONS
       -s servername
              lets you override the default servername (irc.freenode.net)

       -p port
              lets you override the default port (6667)

       -k environment variable
              lets you specify an environment variable that contains your IRC password, e.g. IIPASS="foobar"  ii
              -k  FOOBAR.   This  is done in order to prevent other users from eavesdropping the server password
              via the process list.

       -i prefix
              lets you override the default irc path (~/irc)

       -n nickname
              lets you override the default nick ($USER)

       -f realname
              lets you specify your real name associated with your nick


DIRECTORIES
       ~/irc  In this directory the irc tree will be created. In this directory you will find  a  directory  for
              your  server (default: irc.freenode.net) in which the FIFO and the output file will be stored.  If
              you join a channel a new  directory  with  the  name  of  the  channel  will  be  created  in  the
              ~/irc/$servername/ directory.


COMMANDS
       /a [<message>]
              mark yourself as away

       /j #channel/nickname [<message>]
              join a channel or open private conversation with user

       /l #channel/nickname
              leave a channel or query

       /n nick
              change the nick name

       /t topic
              set the topic of a channel

       Everything which is not a command will simply be posted into the channel or to the server.
              So if you need /who just write /WHO as described in the RFC to the server in FIFO.

       out file usage
              Write  wrappers,  pagers  or  use  your  tools  of  choice to display the out file contents (loco,
              multitail, etc.).


CONTACT
       Write to ii (at) modprobe (dot) de for suggestions, fixes, 7|-|>< ;) etc.


AUTHORS
       Copyright © 2005-2006 by Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam (at) gmail (dot) com> and Copyright © 2005-2008 by Nico
       Golde <nico (at) ngolde (dot) de>


SEE ALSO
       echo(1), tail(1),

                                                                                                           ii(1)