BAN

BAN: To ban someone while they are in channel:

(/msg) K9 ban (#channelname) <nick> (time in minutes) (reason)

Wherein: (time in minutes) is the length of time for which that ban will last. A string of 9s is effectively a permanent ban, equating to years.
Note: If you place more than seven 9's in the time parameter of a ban, K9 will remove the ban immediately after you put it

Examples:

/msg K9 ban #doghouse Wolf
/msg K9 ban #doghouse Wolf Profanity, harassing chanops
/msg K9 ban #doghouse Wolf 9999999
/msg K9 ban #doghouse Wolf 9999999 No rabid animals allowed in this channel!
K9 ban Ranma
K9 ban Ranma flooding, harassing chanops
K9 ban Ranma 60
K9 ban Ranma 60 Take an hour off to think about what you said.

To ban someone who is no longer in the channel, or no longer on the net:

(/msg) K9 ban (#channelname) <mask> (time in minutes) (reason)

Wherein: mask is the USER@HOST information that one finds upon a /whois or /whowas on an individual, with wildcards properly in place of dynamic elements (elements subject to change).

Example: On a /whois HelpBot: HelpBot is helpbot@quantum.physics.isu.edu

/msg K9 ban #doghouse *helpbot@quantum.physics.isu.edu 5 Stop unbanning K9's bans!!!

NOTE: HelpBot's mask is always the same, or STATIC. Therefore one can ban it exactly as it shows on a /whois. For a DYNAMIC mask, or one wherein some part is subject to change, one should manually replace the dynamic element with the wildcard * as with this type of ban, K9 will ban only and exactly what he is given to ban. For examples of dynamic masks, see below. In both cases, the dynamic elements were replaced. These are the traditional positions for the dynamic in each type of mask:

Examples: On a /whois Gibblets: Gibblets is Josh@monroe-56.dialup.frontiercomm.net

K9 ban *Josh@*dialup.frontiercomm.net Spend a day studying.

NOTE: The above ban, lacking any given time parameters, is for the default time of 24 hours.

Example: On a /whowas DewMe: DewMe is ~durr@204.188.39.181 so:

K9 ban *durr@204.188.39* 9999999

Purpose: Prohibits the banned individual, by USER@HOST, from entering your channel for a given period of time from one minute to years. If that person is in channel when banned, K9 will kick immediately, as the ban is initiated.