FoxEye(1)

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💅 FoxEye(1) — the FoxEye manual, bestie edition

okay so you picked up the FoxEye manual page?? slay. this is the whole thing, translated for us, no details left behind. periodt. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

FoxEye — the universal network client. that's it, that's the whole vibe. 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, here's how you actually invoke her:

foxeye [ -n nick ] [ -cdmt ] file

foxeye -cr [ -n nick ] [ -dm ] [ -g file ]

foxeye -q file

foxeye -[h|v]

copy that exactly, bestie, don't freestyle the flags. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so FoxEye started out as an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) network bot — like, the network daemon that literally controls the functionality and protection of IRC channels. she rolls up into the IRC network as a user, joins the channel, and tries so hard not to leave it until she crashes or you terminate her. iconic commitment, honestly. 😭

but now?? now she's a multipurpose modularised client or service for networks: IRC, ICQ, etc. she grew up. glow up fr fr. ✨

✨ OPTIONS ✨

one bullet per flag, no skips, we're thorough in this house:

  • -c — don't detach the console (this is chat simulation mode, cutie).
  • -d[d] — bumps the debug log level up by one. stack it twice for double the bump. the max debug level is 5, so don't get greedy. 💀
  • -g file — generate a brand new config file at file. fresh start energy.
  • -h — display the help message and exit. she's helpful like that. 🫶
  • -m — make an empty listfile.
  • -n nick — set the default nick to nick. choose your main character name wisely. 👑
  • -q — print only fatal errors to stderr. she's being quiet, respect it. ⚠️ heads up though: this aborts the -c, -h, and -v options. like, sorry to those three.
  • -r — reset parameters (don't use the config file statements). and yes, it implies -c. sneakily.
  • -t — test the configuration and exit. vibe check the config then dip. 🧚
  • -v — display version information and exit.
  • file — the config file to use. and there are no defaults, so you must hand her one. no config, no service, no cap.

✨ ENVIRONMENT ✨

the environment variables she cares about:

  • HOME — full path of the user's home directory. home sweet home. 🎀
  • PATH — shell path used to find binaries when no path is given.
  • LANG — language default settings. multilingual queen. 🌈

✨ NO WARRANTIES ✨

okay real talk, the serious part, and I'm keeping every word's meaning: this program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. see the GNU General Public License for more details. so like… she's giving, but she is not legally promising you anything. 💀

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go read these too, bestie, iykyk:

✨ AUTHOR ✨

Andriy Grytsenko. (1999–2017) — the actual legend who made all of this happen. 🙌

and that's the whole page, no notes, nothing skipped. 🍓

this little manual moment was brought to you by foxeye 0.12.1, dated July 2026, and yeah — she's still FoxEye(1) at heart. bye bestie, go run her 💖✨

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