Mike: You weren't rude at all. I apologize if I made you think that. :) I just wanted to make sure that I didn't get caught in the normal RTFM trap :) Thanks for the additional info. - Mike On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Mike Cathey wrote: > 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. > -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
