I first had this issue back on 2023-12-05 and obtained help to rectify the problem from Geo on IRC.
.help output on partyline:
19:12:02 Vancouver | [03:12:01] #tydel# help
19:12:02 Vancouver | DCC commands for Vancouver, eggdrop v1.9.5:
19:12:02 Vancouver | For all users:
19:12:02 Vancouver | who away quit whom
19:12:02 Vancouver | me page match motd
19:12:02 Vancouver | bots newpass chat handle
19:12:02 Vancouver | whoami echo strip su
19:12:02 Vancouver | trace fixcodes bottree vbottree
19:12:02 Vancouver | botinfo relay -host fprint
19:12:02 Vancouver | chfinger
19:12:02 Vancouver | For ops:
19:12:02 Vancouver | addlog console match whois
19:12:02 Vancouver | For botnet masters:
19:12:02 Vancouver | +bot botattr chhandle chpass
19:12:02 Vancouver | +host -bot link chaddr
19:12:02 Vancouver | boot unlink banner dccstat
19:12:02 Vancouver | For channel masters:
19:12:02 Vancouver | chattr save backup reload
19:12:02 Vancouver | status traffic uptime
19:12:02 Vancouver | For global masters:
19:12:02 Vancouver | +user +ignore comment binds
19:12:02 Vancouver | ignores -user -ignore dccstat
19:12:02 Vancouver | debug rehash restart module
19:12:02 Vancouver | For owners:
19:12:02 Vancouver | die simul loadmod unloadmod
19:12:02 Vancouver | language set tcl rehelp
19:12:02 Vancouver | modules +lang -lang +lsec
19:12:02 Vancouver | -lsec lstat relang ldump
19:12:02 Vancouver | All commands begin with '.', and all else goes to the party line.
19:12:02 Vancouver |
19:12:02 Vancouver | Text starting with ',' is sent ONLY to bot-masters.
19:12:02 Vancouver |
19:12:02 Vancouver | You can get help on individual commands: '.help <command>'.
19:12:02 Vancouver | Extra help relating to loaded modules may be obtained by typing
19:12:02 Vancouver | '.help <module> module'. Possible modules include:
19:12:02 Vancouver | assoc channels compress console ctcp
19:12:02 Vancouver | filesys irc notes seen server
19:12:02 Vancouver | share transfer uptime
19:12:02 Vancouver |
19:12:02 Vancouver | You may receive a list of commands provided by all loaded modules by
19:12:02 Vancouver | using '.help all'. If you only remember a part of the command's
19:12:02 Vancouver | name you are searching for, just use wildcards (e.g. '.help *bot*'),
19:12:02 Vancouver | and all matching help texts will be displayed.
Geo asked if the installation was moved or otherwise installed alternatively or through a repo, the answer is/was no.
All the help files are/were there, and unmodified since their installation:
2024-05-06 14:36:36 tydel .status all
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver [21:36:36] #tydel# status all
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver I am Vancouver, running eggdrop v1.9.5: 23 users (mem: 193k).
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Online for 150 days, 21:04 (background) - CPU: 24:38.14 - Cache hit: 25.8%
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Configured with: '--enable-debug' '--enable-debug-assert' '--enable-debug-mem' '--enable-debug-dns' '--prefix=/home/tydel/eggdrop'
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Admin: tydel <email: tydel@tydel.com>
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Config file: botconfig/Vancouver.conf
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver OS: Linux 5.10.0-21-cloud-amd64
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Process ID: 90721 (parent 474)
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Tcl library: /usr/share/tcltk/tcl8.6
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Tcl version: 8.6.11 (header version 8.6.11)
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Tcl is threaded.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver TLS support is enabled.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver TLS library: OpenSSL 1.1.1w 11 Sep 2023 (header version OpenSSL 1.1.1w 11 Sep 2023)
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver IPv6 support is enabled.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Threaded DNS core is enabled.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Socket table: 60/100
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Memory table: 4664/8192 (56.9% full)
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Memory fault: only accounting for 198546/241086 (82.4%)
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Memory table itself occupies an additional 320k static
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Botnet nickname: Vancouver
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Userfile: botconfig/Vancouver.user
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Motd: text/motd
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Directories:
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Help : help/
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Modules: modules/
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver New users get flags [-], notify:
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Permanent owner(s): tydel
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Logfile #1: logs/Vancouver.log on * (mco: msgs, cmds, misc)
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Ignores last 10 minutes.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Loaded module information:
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Module: ident, v 0.9
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Module: console, v 1.3
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Module: notes, v 2.2
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Notes can be stored in: botconfig/Vancouver.notes
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Using 0 bytes of memory
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Module: filesys, v 2.1
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver DCC file path: /home/tydel/eggdrop/filesys/
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Incoming: /home/tydel/eggdrop/filesys/incoming/
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Max users: 20
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Max upload file size: 0k
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Using 0 bytes of memory
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Module: compress, v 1.2
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver zlib version 1.2.11
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver 0 files compressed
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver 0 files uncompressed
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Using 0 bytes of memory
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Module: share, v 2.4
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Private owners: no
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Allow resync: no
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Montreal.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Airdrie.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Victoria.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Windsor.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Moncton.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Regina.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Kamloops.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Halifax.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Kitchener.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Kingston.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Barrie.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Quebec.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Nanaimo.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Hamilton.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Winnipeg.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Kelowna.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Calgary.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Guelph.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Edmonton.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Toronto.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Aggressively sharing with Ottawa.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Using 96 bytes of memory
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Module: transfer, v 2.4
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver DCC block size: 0 (turbo dcc)
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Max simultaneous downloads per user: 3
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Using 0 bytes of memory
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Module: irc, v 1.5
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Channels: #tydelbots
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Account tracking: Best-effort
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Channels: #tydelbots
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Account tracking: Best-effort
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver - WHOX missing => Accounts will NOT be known after Eggdrop joins a channel (raw 315)
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver - account-notify missing => Accounts will NOT update immediately when users log in or out
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver - extended-join missing => Accounts will NOT be known immediately when a user joins (bind join)
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver See doc/ACCOUNTS for more details
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Module: ctcp, v 1.1
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Module: server, v 1.5
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Online as: Vancouver!tydel@loghost.arilia.io (Vancouver)
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Connected to IRCSource [irc.tydel.net]:+6697 (connected for 65 days)
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Active CAP negotiations: (none)
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver isupport: TARGMAX=NAMES:1,LIST:1,KICK:1,WHOIS:1,PRIVMSG:4,NOTICE:4,ACCEPT:,MONITOR: MAP ACCEPT=20 FNC MONITOR=60 DEAF=D CNOTICE CPRIVMSG ETRACE TOPICLEN=160 CHANNELLEN=50 NICKLEN=9 CHARSET=ascii CASEMAPPING=rfc1459 ELIST=U SAFELIST CALLERID=g STATUSMSG=@+ KNOCK NETWORK=IRCSource MODES=4 MAXLIST=beI:100 PREFIX=(ov)@+ CHANLIMIT=&#:25 CHANMODES=eIb,k,l, imnpstS INVEX EXCEPTS CHANTYPES=&#
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Msg flood: 5 msgs/60 seconds
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver CTCP flood: 3 msgs/60 seconds
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Using 1588 bytes of memory
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Module: channels, v 1.2
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver #tydelbots : 25 members, enforcing "+tn" (greet, auto-op)
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Options: dynamicbans userbans autoop greet protectops dontkickops shared dynamic cycle dynamicexempts userexempts dynamicinvites userinvites
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver ban-type: 3
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Bans last 120 minutes.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Exemptions last 60 minutes.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Invitations last 60 minutes.
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Module: uptime, v 1.4
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver 612 uptime packets sent
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Approximately 6.16 hours until next update (at Tue May 7 03:46:15 2024)
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Module: encryption, v 2.2
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Blowfish encryption module:
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver 0 of 3 boxes in use
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Using 0 bytes of memory
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Module: encryption2, v 1.0
2024-05-06 14:36:36 Vancouver Module: eggdrop, v 109.5
He advised me to try .rehelp to reload the help files, and all worked afterwards. However, this is a reoccurring problem and I have to .rehelp pretty much every time I need usage information from .help
I'd be glad to offer any additional information you need.
OS: Debian 12.5 (bookworm)
I first had this issue back on 2023-12-05 and obtained help to rectify the problem from Geo on IRC.
.helpoutput on partyline:Geo asked if the installation was moved or otherwise installed alternatively or through a repo, the answer is/was no.
All the help files are/were there, and unmodified since their installation:
Output from
.status all:He advised me to try
.rehelpto reload the help files, and all worked afterwards. However, this is a reoccurring problem and I have to.rehelppretty much every time I need usage information from.helpI'd be glad to offer any additional information you need.