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.

ENVIRONMENT

SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH

Unix timestamp that is used for date in header instead of current date.

EXAMPLE

To build a reference manual from section 2 man, do:

    $ cd /usr/share/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>