texi2dvi(1)

texi2dvi1

Print texinfo documents

Usage

texi2dvi [OPTION] ... FILE ...

Overview

Run each Texinfo or LaTeX FILE through TeX in turn until all cross-references are resolved, building all indices. The directory containing each FILE is searched for included files. The suffix of FILE is used to determine its language (LaTeX or Texinfo).

Makeinfo is used to perform Texinfo macro expansion before running TeX when needed.

Operation modes:

-b, --batch

no interaction

-c, --clean

remove all auxiliary files

-D, --debug

turn on shell debugging (set -x)

-h, --help

display this help and exit successfully

-o, --output=OFILE

leave output in OFILE (implies --clean); Only one input FILE may be specified in this case

-q, --quiet

no output unless errors (implies --batch)

-s, --silent

same as --quiet

-v, --version

display version information and exit successfully

-V, --verbose

report on what is done

TeX tuning:

-@

use @input instead of \input; for preloaded Texinfo

-e, -E, --expand

force macro expansion using makeinfo

-I DIR

search DIR for Texinfo files

-l, --language=LANG

specify the LANG of FILE (LaTeX or Texinfo)

-p, --pdf

use pdftex or pdflatex for processing

-r, --recode

call recode before TeX to translate input characters

-t, --command=CMD

insert CMD in copy of input file

or --texinfo=CMD

multiple values accumulate

The values of the BIBTEX, LATEX (or PDFLATEX), MAKEINDEX, MAKEINFO, TEX (or PDFTEX), TEXINDEX, and THUMBPDF environment variables are used to run those commands, if they are set. Any CMD strings are added after @setfilename for Texinfo input, in the first line for LaTeX input.

Releases

55 releases since OpenBSD 2.7; the text changed 2 times.

  1. 2.7–3.1
  2. 3.2–3.9
  3. 4.0–8.0

--command since OpenBSD 4.0; --output since OpenBSD 3.2; --recode since OpenBSD 4.0; -E since OpenBSD 4.0; -o since OpenBSD 3.2; -r since OpenBSD 4.0.

--texinfo until OpenBSD 3.9.

Reporting bugs

Email bug reports to <[email protected]>, general questions and discussion to <[email protected]>. Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.