lr_log2xml doesn't accept compressed input

[Joost van Baal]

Hi Josh,

On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 12:44:51PM -0400, Josh Koenig wrote:
> 
> Not sure if this is really a true bug, but it is a feature 
> inconsistency. lr_log2report accepts compressed input (e.g. gzipped 
> logfiles) but its counterpart lr_log2xml does not.
> 
> Just for the record.

Tnx for reporting it.  It's arguably a bug, though.  lr_log2mail and
lr_log2report support feeding compressed logs (I've just documented
that; documentation on this was lacking.)  These two commands are
intended to be run by Lire users: therefore, they're installed in
@bindir@ (/usr/local/bin/ by default).  The lr_log2xml command however,
is not intended to be run by users directly (as documented in its
manpage).  Therefore, it's installed in @libexecdir@/lire
(/usr/local/libexec/lire/ by default).  Commands which are not intended
to be executed directly by users, often have a somewhat less
userfriendly interface.  I don't think it'd be useful to offer
uncompressing on the fly here.

Anyway, your report was useful: it made me improve the documentation :)

Bye,

Joost

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