.TH EGGDROP 1 "27 June, 1994"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
eggdrop \- an IRC robot program
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B eggdrop
[
options
]
[
config-file
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I eggdrop
is a fully-functional IRC robot program.
It is stand-alone, and does not require the ircII client.  Any
bot can be created using
.I eggdrop
by creating your own
.B egg.config
file.  (See
.B egg.config.dist
for a sample config-file.)  On the command line, you can specify a
different filename to use.
.PP
.I eggdrop
options include:
.TP
.B \-n
.I Eggdrop
normally automatically moves into the background upon loading.  This
option makes it stay in the foreground and display console entries
to the console terminal.
.TP
.B \-nc
Like
.B \-n
the bot won't move into the background.  However, the console terminal
will display channel status every 10 seconds, instead of log entries.
.TP
.B \-nt
As above, the bot won't move into the background.  The console terminal
simulates a local DCC chat which never ends (as long as the bot is
running).  The nickname used for the DCC chat is "HQ" (a master).
.TP
.B \-s
Console and log output will be "squelched".
.SH FILES
.ta 2i
.br
egg.config         default configuration file
.br
egg.config.dist    sample configuration file
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ircII(1)
.SH AUTHOR
Robey Pointer  <rpointe@eng.clemson.edu>
.SH BUGS
There are probably many, since
.I eggdrop
has not been officially released yet.