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]

bookman compiles a set of man pages files specified by manfile arguments, or if no manfile is given, filenames are read from standard input.

-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.

SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH: Unix timestamp that is used for date in header instead of current date.

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

    $ cd /usr/share/man/man2
    $ bookman -p -t 'Unix Reference Manual' * >book.pdf

Marc Vertes <mvertes@free.fr>