def main(argv):
    fileConfig = "config.json"

    try:
        opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv, "vhc:", ["version", "help", "config="])

        if opts != None and args != None:
            for opt, arg in opts:
                if opt in ("-v", "--version"):
                    print info.botabout()
                    sys.exit()
                elif opt in ("-h", "--help"):
                    print help_message
                    sys.exit()
                elif opt in ("-c", "--config"):
                    fileConfig = arg
    except getopt.GetoptError:
        print help_message
        sys.exit(2)

    print " Starting up {0}".format(info.botaboutshort())
    print "==========================="

    print "Using '{0}' as the configuration file...\n".format(fileConfig)
    config = loadConfig(fileConfig)

    commandcore.cacheBuiltin()

    general = generalConfig(config)
    server = serverConfig(config)
    channels = channelcore.loadChannels(config)
    bots = {}

    for c in channels.values():
        bots[c.name] = ChatBot(general, server, c)
        thread.start_new_thread(bots[c.name].run, ())

    while True:
        time.sleep(1)
 def doAbout():
     return info.botabout()