ii/ii.1

.TH II 1 ii-VERSION
.SH NAME
ii - irc it or irc improved
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ii
.B -s
.I host
.RB [ -p
.I port
.RB [ \-e
.IR ssl ]
|
.B -u
.IR sockname ]
.RB [ -i
.IR ircdir ]
.RB [ -n
.IR nickname ]
.RB [ -f
.IR realname ]
.RB [ -k
.IR env_pass ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B 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 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.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI -s " host"
server/host to connect to, for example: irc.freenode.net
.TP
.BI -p " port"
lets you override the default port (6667)
.TP
.BI \-e " ssl"
lets you connect using ssl encryption. The default ssl port is 6697.
.TP
.BI -u " sockname"
connect to a UNIX domain socket instead of directly to a server.
If set, the
.B -p
option will be ignored.
.TP
.BI -i " ircdir"
lets you override the default irc path (~/irc)
.TP
.BI -n " nickname"
lets you override the default nick ($USER)
.TP
.BI -f " realname"
lets you specify your real name associated with your nick
.TP
.BI -k " env_pass"
lets you specify an environment variable that contains your IRC password,
e.g. IIPASS="foobar" ii -k IIPASS.
This is done in order to prevent other users from eavesdropping the server
password via the process list.
.SH DIRECTORIES
.TP
.B ~/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
.BI ~/irc/ servername /
directory.
.SH COMMANDS
.TP
.BI /a " [message]"
mark yourself as away,
with the optional
.I message
as an away reason.
.TP
.BI /j " #channel [password]"
join a
.IR #channel ,
with the optional
.IR password .
.TP
.BI /j " nickname [message]"
open private conversation with user
.I nickname
and directly send the optional
.IR message .
.TP
.BI /l " [reason]"
leave a channel or query,
giving the optional
.I reason
message.
.TP
.BI /n " nick"
change the nick name to
.IR nick .
.TP
.BI /q " [reason]"
quit ii,
giving the optional
.I reason
message.
.TP
.BI /t " topic"
set the topic of a channel with
.IR topic.
.SH RAW COMMANDS
Everything which is not a command will be posted into the channel or to the
server.  So if you need /who just write /WHO as described in RFC#1459 to the
server in FIFO.
.SH SSL/TLS PROTOCOL SUPPORT
For SSL/TLS protocol support you can connect to a local tunnel, for example
with stunnel or socat.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR echo (1),
.BR tail (1)