1bookman(1)                                                          bookman(1)
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NAME

6       bookman - Generate a book from man pages
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SYNOPSIS

9       bookman [-pPxn] [-o outfile] [-a author] [-d date] [-r release]
10       [-t title] [-v volume] [-c coverfile] [manfile]
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DESCRIPTION

13       bookman  compiles  a  set of man pages files specified by manfile argu‐
14       ments, or if no manfile is given, filenames are read from standard  in‐
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OPTIONS

18       -p     PDF output format.
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20       -P     Postscript output format.
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22       -x     X11 previewing, using gxditview(1).
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24       -n     no format, output is direct gtroff intermediate format.
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26       -o outfile
27              Output in file outfile. Default is standard output.
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29       -a author
30              Set the author, on the cover page.
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32       -d date
33              Set the date on the cover page.
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35       -r release
36              Set the book name and release on the cover page.
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38       -t title
39              Set the title on the cover page.
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41       -v volume
42              Specify the name of the volume.
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44       -c coverfile
45              Uses  the  file  coverfile  to generate the cover page, i.e. all
46              pages preceding the table  of  content.  coverfile  must  be  in
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ENVIRONMENT

50       SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
51              Unix  timestamp  that is used for date in header instead of cur‐
52              rent date.
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EXAMPLE

55       To build a reference manual from section 2 man, do:
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57           $ cd /usr/share/man/man2
58           $ bookman -p -t 'Unix Reference Manual' * >book.pdf
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SEE ALSO

62       man(1),   mandoc(7),   groff_ms(7),   groff(1),   troff(1),   grops(1),
63       gxditview(1), ps2pdf(1).
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AUTHOR

66       Marc Vertes <mvertes@free.fr>
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