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), lr_cron(1), lr_log2mail(1), lr_log2report(1), lr_xml2report(1), ...)
       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 FooDlfConvertor.pm, and come with their own man page.  (Some old-style convertors come
       with their own script, in /usr/[local/]libexec/lire/convertors/foo2dlf).  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 <joostvb@logreport.org>

Lire 2.1.1                                         2006-07-23                                            LIRE(7)