bookman - Generate a book from man pages
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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.
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
Name
bookman - Generate a book from man pages
Options
-p PDF output format.
-P Postscript output format.
-x X11 previewing, using gxditview(1).
-n no format, output is direct gtroff intermediate format.
-ooutfile
Output in file outfile. Default is standard output.
-aauthor
Set the author, on the cover page.
-ddate
Set the date on the cover page.
-rrelease
Set the book name and release on the cover page.
-ttitle
Set the title on the cover page.
-vvolume
Specify the name of the volume.
-ccoverfile
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.
See Also
man(1), mandoc(7), groff_ms(7), groff(1), troff(1), grops(1), gxditview(1), ps2pdf(1).
Synopsis
bookman [-pPxn] [-ooutfile] [-aauthor] [-ddate] [-rrelease]
[-ttitle] [-vvolume] [-ccoverfile] [manfile]
