bookman(1) - Linux man page
Name
bookman - Generate a book from man pages
Synopsis
bookman [-pPxn] [-o outfile] [-a author] [-d date] [-r release] [-t title] [-v volume] [-c coverfile] [manfile]
Description
bookman compiles a set of man pages files specified by manfile arguments, or if no manfile is given, filenames are read from standard input.
Options
- -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.
Example
To build a reference manual from section 2 man, do:
$ cd /usr/man/man2 $ bookman -p -t 'Unix Reference Manual' * >book.pdf
See Also
man(1), mandoc(7), groff_ms(7), groff(1), troff(1), grops(1), gxditview(1), ps2pdf(1).
Author
Marc Vertes <mvertes@free.fr>