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- Synopsis:
- load country
-
- Description:
- This script is used for converting between a country's (official) name
- and its ISO country code. It can convert in either direction, and can
- convert to a country name based on an email address. Everything is
- done through a single alias, /country. The basic syntax is:
-
- /country [<switch>] <nickname|country|isometric>
-
- The default behavior is for the script to try to guess what type of
- input it has been given. The default is a nickname. If it cannot find
- anyone on irc with that nickname, it checks the length of the input.
- If it is longer than 3 (three) characters, a country name is assumed.
- If all else fails, it tries an isometric code. Several switches are
- available to force the client to do a particular type of lookup
- (instead of guessing).
-
- Flag Purpose
- -c assume input is definitely a country name
- -f skips userhost lookup used in nickname searches
- -i assume input is definitely an ISO code
- -n ignored (historical feature)
-
- For convenience, 2 additional aliases are provided; /lcountry is the
- same as /country -c, and /lcode is the same as /country -i.
-
- See Also:
- load(5); userhost(2)
-
- Other Notes:
- This script was originally written by Daniel Cedras (TG). It has been
- largely rewritten by Jeremy Nelson (hop), jnelson@acronet.net, to take
- advantage of EPIC's features.
-
-