Environment Settings Relevant to BitchX
Numerous environment variables are recognized by . Environment variables are
various settings that describe your login process on a Unix system. How they
are set mainly depends on the command shell you use.
* For csh and tcsh shells:
setenv variable "value"
* For bash, ksh, and zsh shells:
export variable="value"
* For sh (a true Bourne shell) and ash shells, and Bourne-like shells:
variable="value"
export variable
* For the rc and es shells (Plan 9 descendants):
variable='value'
For all shells (except rc and es), either single quotes (') or double quotes
(") may be used. For all shells, the case of the variable is significant.
Environment variables are, by convention, in all uppercase, and BitchX is no
exception. The following variables are used by BitchX:
IRCNICK default nickname when connecting to a server
IRCNAME any lunacy you want instead of your real name
IRCHOST default local host name to use on multihomed hosts
IRCSERVER default server list, space delimited, serv:port:pass ok
IRCPORT default server port to connect to
IRCUMODE initial user mode (does not work on all servers)
IRCPATH same as LOAD_PATH setting
IRCRC alternate startup file (in lieu of ~/.ircrc)
IRC_SERVERS_FILE same as compile-time SERVERS_FILE, specifies a file
to get a list of servers from
BitchX also uses the TERM and HOME variables, which are usually set when you
login to your Unix system. All environment variables are available for
use inside BitchX as normal variables, assuming another variable of the same
name does not exist.
