Mike, I apologize. I wasn't trying to come across as rude. This is one of those rare instances where none of the following provide any useful information: `apropos irc` `whatis irc` `man irc` `info irc` (*shudder* an FSF standard) However, there is one last hope: `irc --help` This turns up the pertinent information. Again, I apologize if I came across as a flamer. I was merely trying to be as terse as possible, while still transferring the necessary information. An interesting side note is that the '--help' parameter seems to be a gnu specific feature. I don't think any of my Sun/BSD(I) boxes utilize this. Failing the '--help' I would do a search on freshmeat(.net) and see if I could locate the necessary info on the software's homepage. Have a happy New Year! Sincerely, Mike Cathey System Administrator Voyager Online, LLC "Michael J. McGillick" wrote: > > Mike: > > I did try man irc (for fear of large flames :) ) first. No luck. I got > the answer from another poster on the list. Thanks. > > - Mike > > On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Mike Cathey wrote: > > > Mike, > > 'man irc' ? > > > > try `/server irc.linpeople.org` > > and then `/join #linpeople` > > > > cheers, > > > > Mike > > > > > > "Michael J. McGillick" wrote: > > > > > > Afternoon folks: > > > > > > when using irc from a command line in Linux, how do I tell it to connect > > > to a specific IRC server? I've tried irc <server> name and it always sems > > > to come up to some default server. Is there an rc file somewhere that > > > needs to be modified, or is there an argument I can give to irc to tell it > > > to connect to a different server than the default? > > > > > > - Mike -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
