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.TH ickle_control 1 "April 10, 2002"
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.SH NAME
ickle_control \- external command-line control for the ickle client
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ickle_control
.RI [ options ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the commands that ickle_control may
take for controlling ickle.
.SH OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
.TP
.B \-r, --running
Determine whether ickle is running.
.TP
.B \-b, --configdir DIR
Use DIR as the ickle configuration directory.
Default is ~/.ickle/
.TP
.B \-t, --timeout [TIMEOUT]
Wait at most TIMEOUT seconds for the next command to succeed. Omit
TIMEOUT to return immediately.
.TP
.B \-s, --status [STATUS]
Set/get status. STATUS can be one of: online, away, na, occupied, dnd,
freeforchat, offline.
.TP
.B \-i, --invisible [BOOL]
Set/get invisibility.
.TP
.B \-a, --away ["MESSAGE"]
Set/get away message.
.TP
.B \-c, --addcontact UIN
Add a new contact.
.TP
.B \-m, --send UIN "MESSAGE"
Send MESSAGE to user UIN.
.TP
.B \-o, --sms UIN "MESSAGE"
Send SMS to user UIN.
.TP
.B \-q, --quit
Terminate ickle.
.TP
.B \-h, --help
Display this help and exit.
.TP
.B \-v, --version
Display ickle version and exit.
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.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Barnaby Gray
<barnaby@beedesign.co.uk>.