sic(1)

NAME
sic - text interface to the Internet Relay Chat system

SYNOPSIS

sic [ -c confdir ] [ -i ip ] [ -l logdir ] [ -n ] [ -v ]

DESCRIPTION

The sic program is a full screen, termcap based interface to the Internet Relay Chat. It can handle several concurrent connections, through the use of virtual windows.

OPTIONS

-c confdir
    This can be used to override the default directory in which the configuration files are. The default is $SICDIR.

-i ip
    This option instructs sic to use the given address as the local address. This is only useful for multi-homed hosts. The default is $SICIP.

-l directory
    This option can be used to override the default directory in which logfiles will be created. The default is $SICLOG.

-n  Normally, on startup sic will automatically connect to the first server specified in the configuration. This option can be used to start sic without initiation any connection.

-v  This will make sic print its version information.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1997,1998 Christophe Kalt <kalt@stealth.net>

FILES

"$SICDIR/alias"
"$SICDIR/server"
"$SICDIR/top"
"$SICDIR/irc"
"$SICDIR/EFnet"
"$SICDIR/Undernet"
"$SICDIR/DALnet"

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

The following environment variables are used by sic:

SICDIR
    The directory the configuration files are located. The default is $HOME/.sic.

SICLOG
    The directory the log files should be created. The default is $SICDIR/log.

SICIP
    The IP address that should be used as the local address.

SICUSER
    The username to use when registering a connection to an IRC server. The default is $USER if it exists, sicuser otherwise.

SICNAME
    The real name to use when registering a connection to an IRC server. The default is "wasting time".

SEE ALSO

sic-server(5) sic-alias(5)

BUGS

Bugs should be reported to the author.

AUTHOR

Christophe Kalt <kalt@stealth.net>