irc.rb

# Talk to IRC from Ruby via IRCCat.

require 'socket'

class IRC
  def self.say(message)
    command = "#xeriom [#{process_name}]: #{message}\n"
    socket.send(command, 0)
  end

  def self.socket
    @socket ||= TCPSocket.new('monitor.xeriom.net', 12345)
  end

  def disconnect
    socket.close if !socket.closed?
  end

  private
  def self.process_name
    File.basename($0)
  end
end

trap("INT") { IRC.close }
trap("KILL") { IRC.close }