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Date:      Mon, 24 May 1999 14:42:02 +0000
From:      "Chris R." <c.raven@ukonline.co.uk>
To:        DS <david@belarus-online.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Logging Chat rooms, nohup doesn't work?
Message-ID:  <3749653A.41F0829E@ukonline.co.uk>
References:  <006501bea4e9$97a41240$01c09ec2@hal>

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DS wrote:
> 
> Greetings freebsd'ers
> 
> First thanks to everyone who have put out this soft, I love it and have been
> tinkering with FBSD since 1994
> 
> I have a chat roon and would like to log everything that goes on in it.  I
> tried the standard IRC client and simply redirected it. It worked, but this
> is running on a server and I don't want to stay online.
> 
> I tried
> % nohup irc -c#myroom mynick thechatserver >>myroom.log
> 
> But it when I suspend the task and try to run it in the back ground I get
> ioctl errors and it stops logging.
> 
> Is there some other way?  Is there another way I can log what's going on in
> my chat room without staying online? I am not one to ask a question without
> trying everything I know, and this is perhaps the second question I have
> asked in 3 years.  I am thinking I am not the first person who has wanted to
> do this, perhaps there is a perl script somewhere??
> 
> I'm not on the list so if you have an answer please write me directly.
> 
> I have set up a website/shopping using freebsd apache and mysql, I might be
> able to help someone if they have some questions that I can answer
> http://www.ryerose.net
> 
> Thanks for you time
> David Stickney
> 
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Try using an EggBot, there are loads out there and some have capacity to
log goings on in your chosen chat room. They also have the benifit of
protecting the room from hostile takeovers and kicking banned users out.



CR


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