diff --git a/plugins/IRC.py b/plugins/IRC.py
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index 0000000..617b854
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+++ b/plugins/IRC.py
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+class IRC:
+    
+    options = None
+    writeFile = None
+
+    def onEnable(self, parser):
+
+        parser.add_option("-q", "--irc-out-file", dest="filename", default="ircdump.txt",
+                      help="file to dump messages to")
+
+    def onDisable(self):
+        if (self.writeFile != None):
+            self.writeFile.close()
+
+    def optionsParsed(self, parsedOptions):
+        self.options = parsedOptions
+        if (self.options.dumpPackets):
+            self.writeFile = open(self.options.filename, 'w')