Other Alias
bnnews.txt bnissue.txtDESCRIPTION
The file bnmotd.txt contains text displayed by bnetd(1), when users first log into the server.The file bnnews.txt contains text displayed when the user uses the /news chat command.
The files consist of raw text with printf-style formatting escapes. Each line of a file can contain a type formatter from the following list:
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- %B
- Use the broadcast attribute (???).
- %C
- Execute the line as if the user entered it as a command.
- %E
- Use the error attribute (red).
- %I
- Use the info attribute (yellow). This is the same was %W.
- %M
- Normal chat message (white). This will appear as if the user said it.
- %T
- Emote chat message (???). This will appear as if the user said it.
- %W
- Use the warning attribute (yellow). This is the same was %I.
Within a line, any of the following format formatters may be used:
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- %%
- Expand to a literal percent sign (%).
- %a
- Expand to the number of accounts on the server.
- %c
- Expand to the number of channels on the server. This includes all permanent and current temporary channels.
- %g
- Expand to the number of games on the server. This includes both public and private (passworded) games.
- %h
- Expand to the hostname of the server (as returned by gethostname(2)).
- %i
- Expand to this user's account ID number, formatted with a leading pound (#) sign and leading zeros.
- %l
- Expand to this user's current chat name which is usually the same
- %r
- Expand to the IP of the remote machine (the client).
- %t
- Expand to four character client tag.
- %u
- Expand to the number of users logged into the server.
- %v
- Expand to the version number of the server.
AUTHOR
- Ross Combs ([email protected])
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