XFERLOG2DLF.IN(1)

💅 XFERLOG2DLF.IN(1) — bestie's guide to xferlog2dlf

okay so real quick, this is a page from LogReport's Lire Documentation and it's literally about one tiny little script. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

xferlog2dlf — the iconic little converter that takes FTP logs in xferlog format and turns them into DLF format. it's giving translator era, no cap 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xferlog2dlf

that's it. that's the whole synopsis. no flags, no args, no drama. main character energy honestly ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this script reads an FTP logfile that's in xferlog format. and bestie, most FTP servers use this format — ProFTPD and WU-FTPD are literally right there among them. iykyk 😌

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🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

when you wanna process a log exactly as produced in the xferlog format, you just pipe it in like:

$ xferlog2dlf < ftp.log

ngl, xferlog2dlf will be rarely used all on its own — it's much more likely to get called up by lr_log2report, like so:

$ lr_log2report xferlog < /var/log/ftp.log

see? it's the sidekick that ate 🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• xferlog(5) — go read it, bestie 🫶
• also, there's a whole list of FTP servers living over at http://linuxmafia.com/pub/linux/security/ftp-daemons — go browse 👑

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

Egon Willighagen <egonw@logreport.org> — thank you for your service, king 🎀

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⭐ VERSION ⭐

$Id: xferlog2dlf.in,v 1.11 2006/07/23 13:16:35 vanbaal Exp $

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

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

okay so legal bit, but make it cute (do NOT skip it, this part is fr fr important):

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.

bestie pls actually check the license if you're redistributing, i'm not kidding, this is the one part where you gotta be serious 🙈

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okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — this gem is from Lire 2.1.1, dated 2025-09-28, and it slays every time ✨🦋💖