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- Synopsis:
- trace [<server>]
-
- Description:
- This works something like the Unix traceroute utility. It displays
- the route from the client's current server to a remote one. It
- additionally will display any irc operators currently on the remote
- server, as well as any other servers connected to it.
-
- If no server is specified, the connections (operator, server) to the
- current server are displayed. This is a convenient method of finding
- a local irc operator.
-
- TRACE can also be used to determine where a network bottleneck is if
- traffic to some users appears particularly slow. If the output stops
- before completion, it can be assumed that the problem probably lies
- with the last server that replied to the trace, or the next one
- downstream.
-
- See Also:
- load(5) tls
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