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bookman

bookman(1)																bookman(1)

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.

EXAMPLE

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

	   $ cd /usr/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>

txt2man-1.5.5							   11 April 2011							bookman(1)