don't upgrade to 1.6.18 and contact the author From memory that is an old script and is no longer supported and the original author cannot be contacted. i didn't know that.. then i guess he should stick to whatever version of eggdrop is recommended in the script's readme, or search for a different ...
@tucow: as Nara pointed out, dcc commands are not the same with tcl commands accepted by eggdrop. you should read tcl-commands.doc in your ~/docs folder
no, there isn't, except maybe some modifications to some header files before compiling (i can't remember which ones though). you can at most use the -next switch to move up the line in the queue.
you could try using putquick to solve your problem (it would be the easiest method)
as far as i know, ircd's don't allow the simultaneous usage of +p and +s... maybe eggdrop has a built-in check to make him not force modes that are impossible
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