Module: ngircd.git Branch: master Commit: 7ae7ace579915dc023722f733f30e941d371cab3 URL: http://ngircd.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git&a=commit;h=7ae7a...

Author: Alexander Barton alex@barton.de Date: Tue Jun 28 13:45:16 2011 +0200

ngircd.8: document debugging options

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man/ngircd.8.tmpl | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/ngircd.8.tmpl b/man/ngircd.8.tmpl index d907e6f..9da7ef8 100644 --- a/man/ngircd.8.tmpl +++ b/man/ngircd.8.tmpl @@ -76,6 +76,31 @@ re-initialize the daemon. .SH HINTS It's wise to use "ngircd --configtest" to validate the configuration file after changing it. +.SH DEBUGGING +When ngIRCd is compiled with debug code, that is, its source code has +been ./configure'd with "--enable-debug" and/or "--enable-sniffer" (witch +enables debug mode automatically as well), you can use two more command +line options and two more signals to debug problems with the daemon itself +or IRC clients: +.PP +\fBOptions:\fR +.TP +\fB-d\fR, \fB--debug\fR +Enable debug mode and log extra messages. +.TP +\fB-s\fR, \fB--sniffer\fR +Enable IRC protocol sniffer, which logs all sent and received IRC commands to +the console/syslog. This option requires that ngIRCd has been ./configure'd +with "--enable-sniffer" and enables debug mode automatically, too. +.PP +\fBSignals:\fR +.TP +\fBUSR1\fR +Toggle debug mode on and off during runtime. +.TP +\fBUSR2\fR +Dump internal server state to the console/syslog when debug mode is on (use +command line option --debug or signal USR1). .SH AUTHORS Alexander Barton, alex@barton.de .br