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.TH TUBES 1 tubes-1.2.1
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.SH NAME
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tubes \- irc pipes
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B tubes
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.RB [ \-S ]
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.RB [ \-s
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.IR server ]
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.RB [ \-p
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.IR port ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B tubes
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is a small daemon that provides a minimalistic interface for irc bots.
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Messages to and from the server are represented by two FIFO buffers in /tmp.
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For the default server (freenode) these would be chat.freenode.net.in and
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chat.freenode.net.out for incoming and outgoing messages respectively.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-S
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Use SSL (changes port to 6697)
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.TP
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.BI \-s " server"
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Use a host other than the default (chat.freenode.net)
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.TP
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.BI \-p " port"
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Use a port other than the default (6667) - this option should be specified
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after
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.B \-S
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if SSL is also desired
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.SH FILES
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The incoming and outgoing FIFO buffers are stored in /tmp and are named for
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the server tubes is connected to with .in or .out appended to the end.
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~/.tubes.err is used to store an error string if tubes exits with -1.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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Returns -1 on error, 0 on success.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Copyright \(co 2016 Thomas Mannay <audiobarrier@openmailbox.org>.
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