llexec(1)

💖 llexec(1) — General Commands Manual — lifelines report processor 💖

okay bestie, this is the whole vibe-checked manual for llexec, and yes it’s giving “script-friendly genealogy report machine” energy. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

llexec — lifelines report processor

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

llexec [OPTION]... Database

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so llexec is a slimmed-down version of the llines lifelines genealogy program, and it’s used for executing reports from scripts. no cap. 🫶

It has simplified and stubbed out input/output in place of the llines curses interface, and it expects to be invoked with a report on the commandline (via the -x option). 💅

llexec uses almost all the same options as llines, so if you already know llines, you’re lowkey already winning. 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

The following options are some of the options available for llexec — yes bestie, there are more out there. 💅

• -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) 📖
• -uCOLS,ROWS — specify window size (eg, -u120,34 specifies 120 columns by 34 rows) 🪟
• -w — open database with writeable access (protects 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) ❓

bestie, the -f force-open is literally only for when the reader/writer count is wrong. do not make it your whole personality. 😭

🎀 FILES 🎀

llexec looks for a configuration file for various settings, in exactly the same manner as llines. See the lifelines userguide for details. 📂

📚 DOCUMENTATION 📚

The LifeLines documentation should be installed as part of the installation, and may also be viewed at the project site: https://lifelines.github.io/lifelines/ 🌈

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). yep, it’s giving iconic self-reference behavior. 👑

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