wallchops command

Synopsis

/wallchops channel text
/wallchops * text

Description

On a supporting server, wallchops sends a message to the channel operators of the specified channel rather than everyone on it. EPIC sends the literal WALLCHOPS server command; it does not select recipients locally or emulate this feature when the server lacks it.

The first whitespace-delimited argument is the target, and the remaining text is the message. Quotes are not removed from the target. * substitutes the current window's channel; if that window has no channel, the literal * is sent. With no arguments, the same channel default applies and a target-only request is sent. With a target but no message, EPIC likewise sends WALLCHOPS target for the server to accept or reject.

A nonempty message is sent as one trailing parameter, WALLCHOPS target :text, using the target's outbound encoding rules. There are no client-side options, channel checks, or privilege checks. The server determines support, allowed targets, who may send, and exactly which channel statuses receive the message.

On some networks, the alternative is msg @#channel text, using the server's supported status-target syntax. EPIC does not automatically switch to that form. Check the network's rules rather than assuming either spelling guarantees delivery only to channel operators.

Output and restrictions

The built-in is always registered and requires an IRC connection to send. It does not produce a normal local message echo, return a function value, or use the ordinary msg send-message hooks. Connection failures and server errors can produce diagnostics; any resulting messages are handled through normal IRC parsing. Server message-length limits and the normal outbound line limit apply.

Examples

On a server supporting WALLCHOPS:

/wallchops #channel this message is intended for channel operators
/wallchops * please check the current channel

On a network supporting operator status targets instead:

/msg @#channel this message is intended for channel operators

These are channel-operator messages, not a private message to a single nickname.

Source

source/commands.c registers wallchops with send_2comm(), which selects the default target and constructs the request without a command-specific branch. source/recode.c implements outbound recoding, and source/server.c sends the command and trailing payload.