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alias writing {
  if (!$read($mircdirnicks.txt,w,$nick)) .write $mircdirnicks.txt $nick
}

alias writing {
  .write -s $nick $mircdir\nicks.txt $nick
}

 
alias check {
if (!read($mircdir/nicks.txt,w,$nick)) .do something
}