TIP OF THE DAY!!

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When using

Code:

[lindex $arg 0]

always make sure you use split to properly deal with your list.

Code:

[lindex [split $arg] 0]

same goes with 

Code:

[lrange $arg 0 end]

use this instead

Code:

[join [lrange [split $arg] 0 end]]

Split is used to turn the string $arg into a list since lrange is applied to lists, and join converts it back to a string. (check out http://www.peterre.info/characters.html)

To get the host from $uhost (ident@host) you can use the following

Code:

set host [lindex [split $uhost @] 1]

Now you can use *!*@$host as a banmask. 

Or you can use: 

Code:

scan $uhost %*\[^@\]@%s host

Which will also assign the host to $host.

To get both ident and host, you can use: 

Code:

scan ident@host %\[^@\]@%s ident host

Now you have the ident in $ident and the host in $host.

Whilst saving an eggdrop.conf use all lower case. This will not effect the nickname of the bot but does save time looking in the dir to remember how you have saved the conf when it's crashed, and you have to restart.

When you are looking for a bug in your new tcl that you are writing and is not necessarily an error use.... Putlog "got this far" .....in the tcl. and then move it so you can see what is happening.

Always Restart if you edit the bot config or edited a bind,
otherwise you can cause problems until you restart

It's a good idea to setup a crontab for your eggdrop if it crashes and you want it to auto restart

./autobotchk eggdrop.conf -5

that would make the config "eggdrop.conf" try to restart every 5min