This code is the follow up to my other node that people seemed to like. Next up will be a power failure notifier via MSN.

use Net::IRC;

$server = '';   # What IRC server to connect to
$nick = '';     # What nick to use when connecting
$yournick = ''; # The nick that is to be messaged with the notice

$SIG{PWR} = \&PWR_HANDLER;

sub PWR_Handler {
  my $irc = new Net::IRC;

  my $conn = $irc->newconn(Server=>$server, Port=>6667, Nick=>$nick, I
+rcname=>'PerlMonks.org', Username=>'Power 

Failure') or warn "Can't connect to IRC server.\n";

  $conn->add_handler('join', \&on_join);
  $conn->add_global_handler('disconnect', \&on_disconnect);
  $conn->add_global_handler(376, \&on_connect);
  $conn->add_global_handler(433, \&on_nick_taken);

  $irc->start;
}

sub on_connect {
  my $self = shift;
  $self->privmsg($yournick, "Help me, My power is failing!");
}

sub on_disconnect {
  my ($self, $event) = @_;
  $self->connect();
}

sub on_nick_taken {
  my $self = shift;
  $self->nick($nick.int(rand(1302)));
}
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