Needed: Commandline IRC client with good logging

[iago]

So, I need a fairly specific IRC client. Here are the absolute, non-negotiable requirements:
- Must run on Linux (I don't have access to the system)
- Must be commandline only (I don't have X)
- Must support good logging (I absolutely need both date and time, preferably all in one file)

Other things that would be nice:
- Multiple channels (I assume they all do this)
- Multiple servers (preferably logged to different files)
- Configured through a file (servers, channels, log files, etc)

Does anybody know of a client that matches that? irssi is the one I'm using right now, but it doesn't have a date in its logs so it's useless. I haven't tried BitchX (it's hard to talk about in an office ), so I'm wondering if it supports what I need.

I'm also willing to write this myself if there are no good options. That's not a huge problem. But I don't want to waste my time if there's another option.

[rabbit]

Couldn't you just add a printDate() function or something to irssi's logging system?

[iago]

True, .. shuttup!

I didn't actually install it from source, but I could probably arrange for that to be done. It's a work server, I'm just a user.

Good idea, though! I'll keep that as a backup plan, though I'd still rather have a client that supports it.

[rabbit]

Couldn't you compile and run from your /home though?  Or a floppy or something?

[iago]

Possibly -- some programs will run fine from ~, and others will fail. It depends.

I imagine it would, but it's not 100%.

[iago]

For anybody who cares: irssi actually covers all the stuff I need, with some configuration tweaks (their manpage sucks++). It doesn't work exactly how I'd like it to, but fairly well!

[Skywing]

Yes, I'd recommend irssi.  I even got it building under interix/SFU once, though I had to split out the perl parts.

I also use the irssi version with SILC injected into it as my SILC client.  I'd recommend moving to SILC entirely, actually...

[iago]

It would be nice to use SILC, but the purpose of this IRC client is to monitor a network, and I can't tell others to change the network that they use.

[Newby]

Yes, I'd recommend irssi.  I even got it building under interix/SFU once, though I had to split out the perl parts.

That's impressive. I've had a bitch of a time moving some applications over to SUA in Vista...