If memory serves, the irc command line syntax is: irc nickname server So, "irc M1K3 irc.core.com" would connect you to irc.core.com with the K-rad ultra-3L33T3 nickname of "M1K3" :-) But I haven't done much IRC in a long time, so no promises! On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Wilde, Jeff wrote: > /server irc.core.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael J. McGillick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 2:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: IRC > > > 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. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assume just 4 million businesses on the Internet today... If 1% of them sent you one piece of junk email per year, you'd still have to wade through over 100 messages per day. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.