DBMERGE(1)						      DocBook Splitting tools							DBMERGE(1)

NAME

       dbmerge - merge splited DocBook document

SYNOPSIS

       dbmerge [options] input_file [output_file]

       dbmerge --help

DESCRIPTION

       dbmerge process "xi:include" elements (see <http://www.w3.org/TR/xinclude/>).  That is merge splited XML file to one file.

       All "xml:base" attributes (see <http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlbase/>) are processed and them removed. Relative references in "fileref" and "url"
       attributes are properly rewrited.

       If no output file name is specified on command line, output is dumped to standard output and relative references are rewrited as if output
       file would be in current work directory.

OPTIONS

       --lo-dirs=PATHS
	   Coma-separated list of paths in which are located local objects (see LOCAL OBJECTS below).  All paths are expanded as the standart Unix
	   shell would do, see File::Glob(3perl) for details.  Relative paths is related to curent working directory. If path contains $XML_BASE
	   at the begining it is replaced by real base of current processing document.	Default paths are LocalObjects, MediaObjects, ImageObjects
	   and #Pictures in base directory of current processing document.

       --lo-dirs-add=PATHS
	   Coma-separeted list of paths which are addeded to preiously specified or the default local objects paths. See --lo-dirs option.

       --lo-dir=DIRECTORY
	   Name of local objects directory for newly created documents (see LOCAL OBJECTS below).  Relative path is related to newly created docu-
	   ments. Default directory is LocalObjects.

       --lo-move
	   Move local objects instead copy them. See LOCAL OBJECTS below.

       --xmlbase=URI
	   XML base URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) for input document.  See <http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlbase/> for details.  You may need change
	   default if you simple copy an DocBook document without copying referenced files nor changing "fileref" attributes.  On this case set
	   XML base to orginal location. Note, URI is required not (unix) file name.

       -v, --verbose
	   Increase verbosity level.

       -q, --quiet
	   Decrease verbosity level.

       -V, --version
	   Dump version information and exit.

       -h, -?, --help
	   Dump help screen and exit.

       --man
	   Show this manual page and exit.

LOCAL OBJECTS

       Local objects are special files (pictures, audio files, ...) in directories specified by --lo-dirs option.  If DocBook document refer (via
       "fileref" attribute) to this directory, the files are copied (or moved) to local "Local Objects Directory" specified by --lo-dir option.
       Moreower all files with same name and differ suffix (after last dot) are copied (or moved) too.

BUGS AND TODO

       o   There is no support for attributes "parse" and "encoding" in "xi:include" element yet.

       o   There is no support for "xi:fallback" element yet.

SEE ALSO

       dbautosplit(3), "DocBook: The Definitive Guide" <http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/docbook.html>

AUTHOR

       Martin Lazar <mlazar@suse.cz>

0.6								    2004-01-27								DBMERGE(1)