IRKERD(8) (Commands) IRKERD(8) (NAME) irkerd - IRC (SYNOPSIS) irkerd [-c ca-file] [-d debuglevel] [-e cert-file] [-l logfile] [-H host] [-n nick] [-p password] [-P password-file] [--sasl-mechanism PLAIN|EXTERNAL] [--sasl-username username] [--sasl-password password] [--sasl-password-file password-file] [-i IRC-URL] [-t timeout] [-V] [-h] [message text] (DESCRIPTION) irkerd IRC (write-only) IRC . (commit hooks) . / (join/leave) . irkerd UDP TCP 6659 JSON (newline) . JSON : "to" "privmsg" . : {"to":"irc://chat.freenode.net/git-ciabot", "privmsg":"Hello, world!"} {"to":["irc://chat.freenode.net/#git-ciabot","irc://chat.freenode.net/#gpsd"],"privmsg":"Multichannel test"} {"to":"irc://chat.hypothetical.net:6668/git-ciabot", "privmsg":"Hello, world!"} {"to":"ircs://chat.hypothetical.net/git-private?key=topsecret", "privmsg":"Keyed channel test"} {"to":"ircs://:topsecret@chat.example.net/git-private", "privmsg":"Password-protected server test"} URL "#", "&", "+" "#" - ",isnick" ( ). URL irkerd 6667 IRC SSL/TLS 6697 . "[{username}:{password}@]{host}:{port}" RFC 3986 . URL "irker" . URL "to" (scheme) "ircs" ( ) IRC SSL/TLS ( "irc"). "-c /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt" CA irkerd OpenSSL ( "ssl.SSLContext.set_default_verify_paths" ) "ssl.match_hostname" CA . ( +k) URL (query string) "?secret" "?key=secret" "secret" . irkerd . . (OPTIONS) irkerd : -d : 'critical', 'error', 'warning', 'info', 'debug'. irkerd . "-l" . ( irkerd ) "/dev/syslog" "daemon" ( irkerd ) . irkerd (stdout) ( ). irkerd "os.getpgrp" "tcgetpgrp" . stdout TTY irkerd stderr syslog. -e pem IRC . SSL IRC . "CertFP" . -l . | : (FQDN) . -H (hostname) (bind) . irkerd localhost . IRC . -n (nick) . ( %03d) . -p nickserv . . -P p . --sasl-mechanism SASL . "PLAIN" "EXTERNAL". irkerd IRCv3 SASL . SASL "identify" NickServ . --sasl-username SASL . IRC . "PLAIN" . "EXTERNAL" TLS . --sasl-password SASL . "PLAIN" --sasl-password-file . SASL NickServ . --sasl-password-file --sasl-password . . -t (timeout) . -i (immediate) . URL . ( ). . -V . -h . (LIMITATIONS) UDP TCP . irkerd IRC IP irkerd . IP . . . IRC privmsg . IRC . irkerd IRC . URL IRC # (key) . # . (SEE ALSO) irkerhook(1), (AUTHOR) Eric S. Raymond . http://www.catb.org/~esr/irker . irker 07/26/2026 IRKERD(8)