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+ | #$EPIC: whois.txt,v 1.3 2008/07/28 05:15:51 jnelson Exp $ | ||
+ | ======Synopsis: | ||
+ | __whois__ [< | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Description: | ||
+ | The __WHOIS__ command asks the user for more detailed information about | ||
+ | a user (or users). | ||
+ | user@host address, their real name (IRCNAME), and the server they are using. | ||
+ | If the user is not on a private or secret channel, the channel that they | ||
+ | are on will be shown. | ||
+ | that channel, that will be shown. | ||
+ | will be shown. | ||
+ | the user is on the same server as you, their idle time (the time since | ||
+ | they last sent a PRIVMSG) will be shown. | ||
+ | when the user connected to the server. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The __WHOIS__ command takes one or two arguments. | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you provide one argument, your local server is queried and the argument | ||
+ | is a comma separated list of nicknames. | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you provide two arguments, the first argument is either a remote server | ||
+ | to query, or the nickname of another irc user whose server you want to | ||
+ | query. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Some networks limit or restrict the ability to query a remote server. | ||
+ | Querying a remote server for whois information may result in an error. | ||
+ | You should never depend on getting a reply back to a remote server query. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Examples: | ||
+ | To get information on users JoeBob, ToeJam, and JuneBug: | ||
+ | /whois joebob, | ||
+ | |||
+ | To get information on the same people from server irc.foo.com: | ||
+ | /whois irc.foo.com joebob, | ||
+ | |||
+ | To get the idle time for user JoeBob: | ||
+ | /whois joebob joebob | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Privacy: | ||
+ | Some servers notify server operators when they are targeted by __WHOIS__. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __WHOIS__ potentially reveals considerably more information than many users are | ||
+ | comfortable with. The real name field is supplied by the user's IRC client. | ||
+ | The client will supply the server with the real name field as specified by | ||
+ | [[set realname]], which is typically set from the $IRCNAME environment | ||
+ | variable or the GECOS field in / | ||
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