SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
Unix timestamp that is used for date in header instead of current date.
bookman1
Generate a book from man pages
Usage
bookman [-pPxn]
[-o
outfile]
[-a
author]
[-d
date]
[-r
release]
[-t
title]
[-v
volume]
[-c
coverfile]
[manfile]
Overview
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
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-p -
PDF output format.
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-P -
Postscript output format.
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-x -
X11 previewing, using gxditview(1).
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-n -
no format, output is direct gtroff intermediate format.
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-o outfile -
Output in file outfile. Default is standard output.
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-a author -
Set the author, on the cover page.
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-d date -
Set the date on the cover page.
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-r release -
Set the book name and release on the cover page.
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-t title -
Set the title on the cover page.
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-v volume -
Specify the name of the volume.
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-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
Examples
To build a reference manual from section 2 man, do:
$ cd /usr/share/man/man2
$ bookman -p -t 'Unix Reference Manual' * >book.pdf
Releases
11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 10 times.
-P since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-a since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-c since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-d since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-n since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-o since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-p since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-r since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-t since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-v since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-x since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).