NAME

lr_log2report - generates a report from a log file

SYNOPSIS

lr_log2report [options] dlf_converter [ logfile ] [ output_file ]

lr_log2report --version

lr_log2report --help [dlf-converters|output-formats|report-templates]

OPTIONS

--help [section]

If no argument is given, prints usage information and exits. Argument can be one of the following:

--version

Prints Lire's version and exits.

--output-format|-o output format

Selects the ouput format in which to generate the report.

--template|-t name

Uses the report configuration named name to generate the report.

DESCRIPTION

lr_log2report reads a log file from STDIN or the specified argument and will output a formatted Lire report on STDOUT or in the output_file argument. The format of the log file is specified using the dlf_converter argument. Use the --help dlf-converters option to get a list of all currently available DLF converters.

In case the log is passed in a compressed format, it's uncompressed on the fly, using gzip(1).

WARNING: This command outputs binary data on the terminal for all output formats except txt and xml. You should redirect stdout to a file when using those output formats.

In the case where output format is html, the output_file argument will be interpreted as a directory name. This directory will get created if needed, and will hold the various html files. In case this argument is omitted, a tar(1) file should be output on STDOUT (but see the BUGS section).

WARNING: Running this command on big logfiles generally means you'll need lots of free diskspace. See Lire::LrCommand(3pm) for details.

EXAMPLES

To process a Postfix log and display the report as text, use

$ lr_log2report postfix /var/log/mail.log

To process a Postfix log and create an HTML report in a directory, use

$ lr_log2report -o html postfix /var/log/mail.log postfix-report

BUGS

If

--output html

is specified, both logfile and output_file need to be specified. Specifying "-" (or "/dev/stdin") as logfile is supported. So this

$ tai64nfrac < /var/log/qmail-send/current | \
   lr_log2report qmail --output html - /tmp/report

will work.

SEE ALSO

lr_log2mail(1), lr_xml2report(1), lr_xml2mail(1), lire(1), lire(7), Lire::LrCommand(3pm), documentation in the Lire User Manual

AUTHORS

Joost van Baal <joostvb@logreport.org>
Francis J. Lacoste <flacoste@logreport.org>

VERSION

$Id: lr_log2report.in,v 1.100 2006/10/04 10:19:17 vanbaal Exp $

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Stichting LogReport Foundation LogReport@LogReport.org

This program 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.