info2man(1) [debian man page]

INFO2MAN(1)						      General Commands Manual						       INFO2MAN(1)

NAME

       info2man - generate man pages from info documents

SYNOPSIS

       info2man info-file

DESCRIPTION

       info2man  converts a GNU info file to a man page.  It first generates a POD (Plain Old Documentation) file using info2pod(1), then converts
       this to a man page using pod2man(1).

       info-file should be the full path to the info file (probably in /usr/share/info or similar).

OPTIONS

       None.

NOTES

       The style of info documentation and man pages differs considerably.  Info documentation is generally written as a book, making full use	of
       chapters, hyperlinks, footnotes, and the like.  By contrast, man pages are often intended as something closer to a reference card.

       That said, many people prefer the interface used to view man pages (a normal pager) to the available info browsers.  This program will con-
       vert the form, but not the content; don't expect it to possess the artificial intelligence necessary to turn a lengthy interconnected  info
       file into a man page that is a model of conciseness!

AUTHOR

       Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> wrote info2man.

       Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> wrote this manual page.

SEE ALSO

       info2pod(1), pod2man(1).

																       INFO2MAN(1)

UNDOCUMENTED(7) 					     Linux Programmer's Manual						   UNDOCUMENTED(7)

NAME

       undocumented - No manpage for this program, utility or function.

DESCRIPTION

       This  program,  utility	or function does not have a useful manpage.  Before opening a bug to report this, please check with the Debian Bug
       Tracking System (BTS) at <http://bugs.debian.org/> if a bug has already been reported.  If not, you can submit a wishlist bug if you want.

       If you are a competent and accurate writer and are willing to spend the time reading the source code and writing good manpages please write
       a  better  man page than this one.  Please contact the package maintainer and copy man-pages@qa.debian.org in order to avoid several people
       working on the same manpage.

       Even if you are not an accurate writer, your input may be helpful.  Writing manual pages is quite easy, the format is described in  man(7).
       The most important and time-consuming task is to collect the information to be put in the new manpage.

DIAGNOSTICS

       It  is  possible  that  the man page for the command you specified is installed and that your manual page index caches are out of sync. You
       should try running mandb(8).

       Try the following options if you want more information:

       foo --help, foo -h, foo -?

       info foo

       whatis foo, apropos foo

       dpkg --listfiles foo, dpkg --search foo

       locate '*foo*'

       find / -name '*foo*'

       Additionally, check the directories /usr/share/doc/foo, /usr/lib/foo.

       The documentation might be in a package starting with the same name as the package the software belongs to, but ending with -doc or -docs.

       If you still didn't find the information you are looking for you might consider posting a call for help to debian-user@lists.debian.org.

SEE ALSO

       info(1), whatis(1), apropos(1), dpkg(8), locate(1), find(1), updatedb(1), undocumented(3), man(7), mandb(8), missing(7).

Debian GNU/Linux						 August 24th, 2003						   UNDOCUMENTED(7)