REFERER2DLF.IN(1)

💅 referer2dlf.in(1) — bestie's guide to the referer-to-DLF converter ✨

okay so picture this: you've got a Referer log file from your web server, and you want it to be a www DLF instead. That's literally the whole plot. Welcome to the referer2dlf.in(1) page from LogReport's Lire Documentation — she's short, she's iconic, let's go 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

referer2dlf — converts a referer web server log file into a www DLF 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

referer2dlf file

one argument, one file, no drama 💅

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

referer2dlf converts Referer web server log files to the www DLF. That's the vibe. ✨

so the Referer log format? it was first implemented in the NSCA httpd server. and Apache can be configured to log in that format too, no cap 👑

heads up bestie: if you actually want to log referer information, the combined log format is a better format. like, genuinely. that's the tea 🍵

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🦋 REFERER LOG FORMAT 🦋

The Referer log format logs the referer information in this exact shape:

 I<uri> -> I<document>

and the fields mean this:

• uri — the referring URI. This is the content of the Referer request's header, which usually reflects the page where the user was before that request. iykyk 🌈
• document — the local document that was referenced by that URI. This is the requested file without any query string. periodt ✂️

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🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

To process a log as produced in the referer logformat:

$ referer2dlf < referer.log

and ngl, referer2dlf will be rarely used on its own — she's more of a behind-the-scenes main character. She's more likely called by lr_log2report:

$ lr_log2report referer < /var/log/httpd/referer.log

see? the group chat handles it for you 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• common2dlf(1)
• combined(2)
• modgzip2dlf(1)

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

Joost van Baal <joostvb@logreport.org>, Francis J. Lacoste <flacoste@logreport.org> and Egon Willighagen <egonw@logreport.org>, based on an idea by Edwin Groothuis 💜

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⭐ VERSION ⭐

$Id: referer2dlf.in,v 1.10 2006/07/23 13:16:37 vanbaal Exp $

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🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

Copyright (C) 2000, 2001 Stichting LogReport Foundation LogReport@LogReport.org

This program 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.

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this one's Lire 2.1.1, dated 2025-09-28 — go forth and convert those referer logs, you absolute icon 🌸💅