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Author:
Alexander Barton <alex@barton.de>
Committer:
Alexander Barton <alex@barton.de>
Date:
Sat Feb 9 23:24:34 2013 UTC
Message:
Commands.txt: Update description of the "WHOWAS" command
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@@ -399,16 +399,22 @@ Status and Informational Commands
- RFC 2812, 3.6.2 "Whois query"
- WHOWAS
- WHOWAS <nickname> [<count> [<server>]]
+ WHOWAS <nickname>[,<nickname>[,...]] [<count> [<target>]]
.
- Used to return information about <nicknames> that are no longer in use
- (due to client disconnection, or nickname changes).
+ Query information about nicknames no longer in use in the network,
+ either because of nickname changes or disconnects. The history is
+ searched backwards, returning the most recent entry first. If there
+ are multiple entries, up to <count> entries will be shown (or all of
+ them, if no <count> has been given).
.
- If given, the server will return information from the last <count> times
- the nickname has been used.
- If <server> is given, the command is forwarded to it for processing.
+ <target> can be a server name, the nickname of a client connected to a
+ specific server, or a mask matching a server name in the network. The
+ server of the current connecion is used when <target> is omitted.
+ References:
+ - RFC 2812, 3.6.3 "Whowas"
+
Channel Commands
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