---
name: "llines"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lifelines"
version: "3.0.61-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/llines"
---

# llines(1)

LifeLines genealogy program

## NAME

llines - LifeLines genealogy program

## SYNOPSIS

**llines \[***OPTION***\]...**\
 **llines \[***OPTION***\]...***Database*

## DESCRIPTION

*llines* invokes the LifeLines genealogy program.

For up to date documentation please refer to the Documentation  section of this man page.

LifeLines is a program to manipulate genealogical information in lineage-linked GEDCOM format. It has a curses interface, and a built-in interpreter for its own genealogical report language.

## OPTIONS

The following options are some of the options available for *llines*.

- **-C**

  Specify configuration file location.

- **-F**

  Finnish option (only available if compiled with Finnish flag)

- **-I**

  Specify a user property (e.g. -ILLEDITOR=gvim)

- **-a**

  Log dynamic memory operation (for debugging)

- **-c**

  Supply cache values (eg, -ci400,4000f400,4000 sets direct indi & fam  caches to 400, and indirect indi & fam caches to 4000)

- **-d**

  Developmental/debug mode (signals are not caught)

- **-f**

  Force open a database (only for use if reader/writer count is wrong)

- **-i**

  Open database with immutable access (no protection against other  access -- for use on read-only media)

- **-k**

  Always show key values (normally key is not shown if a REFN is shown)

- **-l**

  Lock (-ly) or unlock (-ln) a database for use with read only media (access to a locked database is treated as immutable)

- **-n**

  Do not use traditional family rules

- **-o**

  Specify program output filename (eg, -o/tmp/mytests)

- **-r**

  Open database with read-only access (protect against other writer access)

- **-u***COLS,ROWS*

  Specify window size (eg, -u120,34 specifies 120 columns by 34 rows)

- **-w**

  Open database with writeable access (protecte against other reader or writer access)

- **-x**

  Execute a single lifelines report program directly

- **-z**

  Use normal ASCII characters for drawing lines in user interface rather than the vt100 special characters

- **-?**

  Display options summary, (on UNIX or Linux use the -h option)

*llexec* is a version of *llines* without the user interface for non-interactive processing of report programs. (Typically used with the -x option.)

*dbverify* is a utility program to verify Lifelines databases. For information about options, run *dbverify* with the -h option.

## FILES

*/etc/lifelines.conf*\
 *~/.linesrc*\
 *~/lines.cfg*\
 *./linesrc*\
 *./lines.cfg*

Possible locations for Lifelines configuration file Lifelines looks for a configuration file for various settings. See section *System And User Properties* in the userguide for details.

## DOCUMENTATION

The LifeLines documentation should be installed as part of the installation, and may also be viewed at the project site: http://lifelines.sourceforge.net. Look for ll-userguide and ll-reportmanual (with appropriate extensions for text, html and pdf formats). The normal installation process includes a large number of sample report programs that you can customize to suit your needs.  In the directory containing these reports you should find a file named index.html which gives a very brief summary of each report.

## SEE ALSO

[**llexec**(1)](/llexec/1.md), [**dbverify**(1)](/dbverify/1.md), [**btedit**(1)](/btedit/1.md)