Chat Commands
Main Chat
- /join <hub-ip>
- Joins <hub-ip>. See also Open new window when using
/join.
- /showjoins
- Toggles the displaying of users joining the hub. This only
takes effect for freshly-arriving users.
- /favshowjoins
- Toggles the displaying of favorite users joining the hub. Does
not require /showjoins to be enabled.
- /userlist
- Toggles visibility of the list of users for the current
hub.
- /connection
- /conn
- Displays the connectivity status information, auto detected or manually chosen connection mode, IP and ports that DC++ is currently using for connections with all users.
- /favorite
- /fav
- Adds the current hub (along with your nickname and password, if
used) to the list of Favorite Hubs.
- /removefavorite
- /removefav
- Removes the current hub from the list of Favorite Hubs.
- /pm <user> [message]
- Opens a private message window to the user, and optionally sends
the message, if one was specified.
- /getlist <user>
- Adds the user's list to the Download Queue.
- /ignore <user>
- Adds a user matching definition (or modifies an existing one, if possible) to ignore chat
messages from the specified user.
- /unignore <user>
- Adds a user matching definition (or modifies an existing one, if possible) to stop ignoring
chat messages from the specified user.
- /topic
- Prints the current hub's topic. Useful if you want to copy the topic or it contains a link you'd like to easily open.
Private Message
- /direct
- /encrypted
- Starts a direct encrypted communication channel to avoid spying on your private messages.
- /getlist
- Adds the current user's list to the Download Queue.
- /grant
- Grants the remote user a slot. Once they connect, or if
they don't connect in 10 minutes, the granted slot is removed.
- /favorite
- /fav
- Adds the current user to the list of Favorite Users.
- /ignore
- Adds a user matching definition (or modifies an existing one, if possible) to ignore chat
messages from the current user.
- /unignore
- Adds a user matching definition (or modifies an existing one, if possible) to stop ignoring
chat messages from the current user.
- /lastmessage
- Lists the date and time when the last message was sent or received.
Both
- /refresh
- Manually refreshes DC++'s share list by going through the shared
directories and adding new folders and files. DC++ automatically
refreshes once an hour by default, and also refreshes after the list of
shared directories is changed.
- /slots <number>
- Sets the current number of upload slots to the number you
specify. If this is less than the current number of slots, no
uploads are cancelled.
- /dslots <number>
- Sets the current number of download slots to the number you
specify. If this is less than the current number of slots, no
downloads are cancelled.
- /search <string>
- Opens a new search window with the specified search string.
It does not
automatically send the search.
- /close
- Closes the current window.
- /clear [lines to keep]
- Clears the current window of all text. Optionally, you can specify how many of the latest
(most recent) lines should be kept.
- /dc++
- Sends a random DC++ advertising message to the chat, including a
link to the DC++ homepage and the version number.
- /away [message]
- Sets Away status. New private message windows will be
responded to, once, with the message you specified, or the default away
message configured in the Personal information
settings page.
- /back
- Un-sets Away status.
- /d <search string>
- Launches your default web browser to the DuckDuckGo search engine
with the specified search.
- /g <search string>
- Launches your default web browser to the Google search engine
with the specified search.
- /imdb <imdb query>
- Launches your default web browser to the Internet Movie Database
(imdb) with the specified query.
- /rebuild
- Rebuilds the HashIndex.xml and HashData.dat files, removing
entries to files that are no longer shared, or old hashes for files
that have since changed. This runs in the main DC++ thread, so
the interface will freeze until the rebuild is finished.
- /log <status, system, downloads, uploads>
- If no parameter is specified, it launches the log for the hub or
private chat with the associated application in Windows. If one of the
parameters is specified it opens that log file. The status log is
available only in the hub frame.
- /help
- Displays available commands. (The ones listed on this page.) Optionally, you can specify "brief" to have a brief listing.
- /u <url>
- Launches your default web browser with the given URL.
- /f <search string>
- Highlights the last occourrence of the specified search string in
the chat window.