hircbot

IRC Bot in Haskell

Authors

nmbook

Features

Reads configuration in ~/.hircbot/cfg
Writes logs to stdout and ~/.hircbot/YYYY-MM-DD.txt
Connects to IRC to the set of channels specified.
Responds to commands starting with !h or !hircbot:
- say: repeats input
- about: prints HircBot by nmbook
- whoami: prints your nick, username, host

To Use

Set up Haskell:

 # or equivalents for your distribution
 yum install haskell-platform ghc-MissingH ghc-network

Download to directory.
Put settings in ~/.hircbot/cfg:

Settings that are read (all lines must be in format "key = value"):
- Server = IRC host name
- Port = IRC port (must be numeric)
- Nick = IRC nick
- Pass = IRC server password
- Username = IRC username
- RealName = IRC real name field
- Channels = comma separated list of channels to join on connect (no spaces allowed)
Make sure runnable:
```
 chmod +x HircBot.hs
```
Run it:
```
 ./HircBot.hs
```