From 78fd07cb80f1b417fe2994c169bddc691750fefb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 09:34:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add a test tool.

---
 Makefile |  2 +-
 irk      | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100755 irk

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6f66403..f77624c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ loc:
 	@echo -n "LLOC: "; grep -vE '(^ *#|^ *$$)' irkerd irkerhook.py | wc -l
 
 SOURCES = README COPYING NEWS install.txt security.txt hacking.txt \
-	irkerd irkerhook.py filter-example.py filter-test.py \
+	irkerd irkerhook.py filter-example.py filter-test.py irk \
 	Makefile irkerd.xml irkerhook.xml
 EXTRA_DIST = irker-logo.png org.catb.irkerd.plist
 
diff --git a/irk b/irk
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2ccab51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/irk
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Illustrates how to test irkerd.
+#
+# First argument must be a channel URL. If it does not begin with "irc", 
+# the base URL for freenode is prepended.
+#
+# Second argument must be a payload string.
+#
+channel=$1
+message=$2
+
+case $channel in
+irc:*) ;;
+*) channel="irc://chat.freenode.net/$channel"
+esac
+
+echo "{\"to\":\"$channel\",\"privmsg\":\"$message\"}" | netcat localhost 6659
-- 
2.26.2