bookman - Generate a book from man pages
bookman [-pPxn] [-o outfile] [-a author] [-d date] [-r release]
[-t title] [-v volume] [-c coverfile] [manfile]
bookman compiles a set of man pages files specified by
manfile arguments, or if no manfile is given, filenames are
read from standard input.
- -p
- PDF output format.
- -P
- Postscript output format.
- -x
- X11 previewing, using gxditview(1).
- -n
- no format, output is direct gtroff intermediate format.
- -o
outfile
- Output in file outfile. Default is standard output.
- -a
author
- Set the author, on the cover page.
- -d
date
- Set the date on the cover page.
- -r
release
- Set the book name and release on the cover page.
- -t
title
- Set the title on the cover page.
- -v
volume
- Specify the name of the volume.
- -c
coverfile
- Uses the file coverfile to generate the cover page, i.e. all pages
preceding the table of content. coverfile must be in
groff_ms(7) format.
- SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
- Unix timestamp that is used for date in header instead of current
date.
To build a reference manual from section 2 man, do:
$ cd /usr/share/man/man2
$ bookman -p -t 'Unix Reference Manual' * >book.pdf
man(1), mandoc(7), groff_ms(7),
groff(1), troff(1), grops(1), gxditview(1),
ps2pdf(1).
Marc Vertes <mvertes@free.fr>