empire \- Empire client
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B empire
-[\fB\-hHkruv\fP]
+[\fB\-hkruv\fP]
[\fB\-2\fP \fIoutfile\fP]
+[\fB\-H\fP \fIhistfile\fP]
[\fB\-s\fP \fI[host:]port\fP]
[\fIcountry\fP
[\fIpassword\fP]]
.B \-h
Help. Print brief usage information and exit.
.TP
-.B \-H
-Save readline command history to file.
+.BI \-H " histfile"
+Load command history from \fIhistfile\fP, and save it back. Default
+is '~/.empire_history' without \fB\-r\fP, and none with \fB-r\fP. You
+might want to protect your history file from prying eyes.
.IP
Only available when compiled the GNU \fBreadline\fP library.
.TP
If someone else is connected to your country, kill their connection.
.TP
.B \-r
-Restricted mode: disable redirections and execute command.
+Restricted mode: disable redirections and execute command. This is
+useful when you want to grant somebody access to just Empire, but not
+to the host system's user account that runs the client. Be careful
+with \fB\-H\fP and \fB\-2\fP then.
.TP
.BI \-s " [host:]port"
Specify server \fIhost\fR and \fIport\fR.
default of \fI~/.inputrc\fP (see \fBREADLINE\fP below).
.SH READLINE
When compiled with the GNU \fBreadline\fP library, the client supports
-fancy line editing and, with option \fB-H\fP, persistent history. See
-the readline documentation for details.
+fancy line editing and persistent history. Its application name for
+application-specific settings is \fBEmpire\fP. See the readline
+documentation for details.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fIemp_server\fR(6), \fIreadline\fR(3).
.SH FILES