--- name: "lire" section: "7" platform: "linux" package: "lire" version: "2.1.1-8" release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/lire/7" --- # lire(7) generate reports from various log files ## NAME Lire - generate reports from various log files ## INTRODUCTION Lire allows one to generate reports from various log files. In this manpage, we give an overview of the Lire documentation. ### Documentation on installing Lire For installation instructions, read the file **INSTALL**. This file is shipped with the Lire tarball, lire-*version*.tar.gz. It is available from the World Wide Web at http://logreport.org/pub/current/INSTALL. ### Documentation for users Read the Lire **README** file for a quick start on Lire's usage. This file is shipped with the Lire tarball. If you've installed Lire from a package for your Operating System, it might be installed in a location like /usr/share/doc/lire/README . Read the **Lire User's Manual** for a more in-depth overview. This manual is available in various formats, and installed in /usr/\[local/\]share/doc/lire/user-manual\* . It is available online, at http://logreport.org/pub/current/doc/user-manual/ . The main Lire commands ([**lire**(1)](/lire/1.md), [**lr\_cron**(1)](/lr_cron/1.md), [**lr\_log2mail**(1)](/lr_log2mail/1.md), [**lr\_log2report**(1)](/lr_log2report/1.md), [**lr\_xml2report**(1)](/lr_xml2report/1.md), ...) should be in your PATH. The usage of these commands is documented in man pages; running e.g. ``` man lr_log2report ``` should show you the lr\_log2report manpage. ### Documentation for developers If you plan to change the Lire internals, or if you are trying to fix a bug, you should consult the **Lire Developer's Manual**. This document is available in various formats, and installed in /usr/\[local/\]share/doc/lire/dev-manual\* . A lot of **Lire Perl modules** get installed in the Lire:: namespace in the Perl module hierarchy. Likely, this is something like /usr/\[local/\]share/perl5/Lire/. Most of these come with their own man page. If you plan to write customized Lire extensions, you should read these manpages. **Lire convertors**, which take care of log file specific processing, are installed as Perl modules, named something like *Foo*DlfConvertor.pm, and come with their own man page. (Some old-style convertors come with their own script, in /usr/\[local/\]libexec/lire/convertors/*foo*2dlf). If you're looking for information, specifically for your log file type, you should look here. If you plan to cooperate with the LogReport team, you might want to take a look at the **BUGS** file, as distributed with the Lire tarball, too. The file **COPYING** documents terms and conditions for copying, distribution and modification of Lire. Some extra explanation about this is given in **Frequently Asked Question About Lire**, online at http://logreport.org/lire/faq.php . ### Other sources of information Some documentation on Lire and LogReport is not distributed with the Lire tarball. Documentation is available from **the LogReport website** on http://www.logreport.org/ . It offers mailing list archives on http://www.logreport.org/contact/lists/ . You can get in touch with other Lire users on the Lire mailing lists, see http://logreport.org/contact/lists/ . The LogReport team can be contacted directly too (email, irc, snailmail), see http://logreport.org/contact/ for details. ## VERSION This manpage: `$Id:` lire.pod,v 1.5 2006/07/23 13:16:32 vanbaal Exp $ ## COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004 Stichting LogReport Foundation LogReport@LogReport.org This manpage is part of Lire. Lire is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program (see COPYING); if not, check with http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html. ## AUTHOR Joost van Baal \