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NAME
bnmotd.txt, bnnews.txt bnissue.txt - messages for the Unix Bat-
tle.net(R) daemon
DESCRIPTION
The file bnmotd.txt contains text displayed by bnetd(8), 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:
%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:
%% 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.
SEE ALSO
bnetd(8)
AUTHOR
Ross Combs (ross@bnetd.org)
LEGAL NOTICES
Battle.net, Diablo, Starcraft, Brood War, Warcraft, and Blizzard Enter-
tainment are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blizzard Entertain-
ment in the U.S. and/or other countries. All rights reserved.
Neither this program nor the bnetd project are in any way affiliated
with Blizzard Entertainment.
2 August, 2001 bntext(5)
