1PUBLICAN(1)           User Contributed Perl Documentation          PUBLICAN(1)
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NAME

6       publican - a DocBook XML publishing tool.
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VERSION

9       This document describes publican version 4.0
10

SYNOPSIS

12       publican <command options>
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14       publican <action> <action options>
15
16       Command Options
17
18           --help              Display help message
19           --man               Display the man page
20           --help_actions      Display a list of valid actions
21           -v                  Display the version of Publican
22
23       Valid actions are:
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25           add_revision  Add an entry to the revision history
26           build         Transform XML to other formats (pdf, html, html-single, drupal-book, etc)
27           clean         Remove all temporary files and directories
28           clean_ids     Run clean ids for source XML
29           clean_set     Remove local copies of remote set books
30           copy_web_brand  Copy a brand's installed web content to another site
31           create        Create a new book, set, or article
32           create_brand  Create a new brand
33           create_site   Create a new WebSite in the supplied location.
34           help_config   Display help text for the configuration file
35           install_book  Install a book in to a WebSite.
36           install_brand  Install a brand to the supplied location
37           lang_stats    report PO statistics
38           migrate_site  Migrate a website DataBase from Publican < 3 to Publican 3.
39           package       Package a language for shipping
40           print_banned  Print a list of banned DocBook tags
41           print_known   Print a list of QA'd DocBook tags
42           print_tree    Print a tree of the xi:includes
43           print_unused  Print a list of unused XML files
44           print_unused_images  Print a list of unused Image files
45           remove_book   Remove a book from a WebSite.
46           rename        Rename a publican book
47           report        Print a readability report for the source text.
48           site_stats    Report on the contents of a WebSite
49           trans_drop    Snapshot the source language for use in translation.
50           update_db     Add or remove database entries. Used for processing pre-build books, such as when building packages.
51           update_po     Update the PO files
52           update_pot    Update the POT files
53           update_site   Update an existing sites templates.
54           zt_pull       Pull translations from Zanata.
55           zt_push       Push translations to Zanata.
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57       Run: 'bin/publican <action> --help' for details on action usage
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INTERFACE

60       add_revision
61           Add an entry to the revision history
62
63               Options:
64               --help                    Display help message
65               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
66               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
67               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
68               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
69               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
70               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
71               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in
72               --revnumber=<REVNUMBER>    Revision number to use for a revision.
73               --date=<DATE>             Date to use for a revision.
74               --member=<MEMBER>         An entry to be added to the revision. Can be specified multiple times.
75               --firstname=<FIRSTNAME>    firstname to use for a revision.
76               --surname=<SURNAME>       surname to use for a revision.
77               --email=<EMAIL>           email to use for a revision.
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79       build
80           Transform XML to other formats (pdf, html, html-single, drupal-
81       book, etc)
82
83               Options:
84               --help                    Display help message
85               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
86               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
87               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
88               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
89               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
90               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
91               --formats=<FORMATS>       Comma-separated list of formats, for example: html,pdf,html-single,html-desktop,txt,epub
92               --langs=<LANGS>           Comma-separated list of languages, for example: en-US,de-DE,all
93               --publish                 Set up built content for publishing
94               --embedtoc                Embed the web site TOC object in the generated HTML
95               --distributed_set         This flag tells publican the data being processed is a distributed set. Note: do not use distributed_set on the command line. Publican uses this flag when calling itself to process distributed sets. This is the only safe way this flag can be used.
96               --novalid                 Do not run the DTD validation
97               --src_dir=<SRC_DIR>       Directory to source publican files from.
98               --pdftool=<PDFTOOL>       Override the tool to use when creating PDFs. Valid options are wkhtmltopdf and fop.
99               --pub_dir=<PUB_DIR>       Directory to publish files to. Defaults to publish.
100
101       clean
102           Remove all temporary files and directories
103
104               Options:
105               --help                    Display help message
106               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
107               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
108               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
109               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
110               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
111               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
112               --pub_dir=<PUB_DIR>       Directory to publish files to. Defaults to publish.
113
114       clean_ids
115           Run clean ids for source XML
116
117               Options:
118               --help                    Display help message
119               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
120               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
121               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
122               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
123               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
124               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
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126       clean_set
127           Remove local copies of remote set books
128
129               Options:
130               --help                    Display help message
131               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
132               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
133               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
134               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
135               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
136               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
137
138       copy_web_brand
139           Copy a brand's installed web content to another site
140
141               Options:
142               --help                    Display help message
143               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
144               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
145               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
146               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
147               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
148               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
149               --brand=<BRAND>           The brand to use
150               --site_config=<SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use or create.
151               --old_site_config=<OLD_SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use when copying content between sites.
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153       create
154           Create a new book, set, or article
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156               Options:
157               --help                    Display help message
158               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
159               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
160               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
161               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
162               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
163               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
164               --name=<NAME>             The name of the book, article, set, or brand
165               --version=<VERSION>       The version of the product
166               --edition=<EDITION>       The edition of the book, article, or set
167               --product=<PRODUCT>       The name of the product
168               --brand=<BRAND>           The brand to use
169               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in
170               --type=<TYPE>             The type (book, article, or set)
171               --dtdver=<DTDVER>         The version of the DocBook DTD to use
172
173       create_brand
174           Create a new brand
175
176               Options:
177               --help                    Display help message
178               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
179               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
180               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
181               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
182               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
183               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
184               --name=<NAME>             The name of the book, article, set, or brand
185               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in
186
187       create_site
188           Create a new WebSite in the supplied location.
189
190               Options:
191               --help                    Display help message
192               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
193               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
194               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
195               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
196               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
197               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
198               --site_config=<SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use or create.
199               --db_file=<DB_FILE>       Override default database file.
200               --toc_path=<TOC_PATH>     Override the default TOC path.
201               --tmpl_path=<TMPL_PATH>    Override the default template path.
202               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in
203
204       help_config
205           Display help text for the configuration file
206
207               Options:
208               --help                    Display help message
209               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
210               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
211               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
212               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
213               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
214               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
215
216       install_book
217           Install a book in to a WebSite.
218
219               Options:
220               --help                    Display help message
221               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
222               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
223               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
224               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
225               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
226               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
227               --site_config=<SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use or create.
228               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in
229
230       install_brand
231           Install a brand to the supplied location
232
233               Options:
234               --help                    Display help message
235               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
236               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
237               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
238               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
239               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
240               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
241               --path=<PATH>             /path/to/install/to
242               --web                     Install the web content for a brand.
243               --pub_dir=<PUB_DIR>       Directory to publish files to. Defaults to publish.
244
245       lang_stats
246           report PO statistics
247
248               Options:
249               --help                    Display help message
250               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
251               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
252               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
253               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
254               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
255               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
256               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in
257
258       migrate_site
259           Migrate a website DataBase from Publican < 3 to Publican 3.
260
261               Options:
262               --help                    Display help message
263               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
264               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
265               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
266               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
267               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
268               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
269               --site_config=<SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use or create.
270
271       package
272           Package a language for shipping
273
274               Options:
275               --help                    Display help message
276               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
277               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
278               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
279               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
280               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
281               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
282               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in
283               --desktop                 Create desktop instead of web package
284               --brew                    Push SRPM to brew
285               --scratch                 Use scratch instead of tag build
286               --short_sighted           Create package without using version in package name
287               --binary                  Build binary rpm when running package
288               --wait                    Wait for brew to finish building
289               --pub_dir=<PUB_DIR>       Directory to publish files to. Defaults to publish.
290
291       print_banned
292           Print a list of banned DocBook tags
293
294               Options:
295               --help                    Display help message
296               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
297               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
298               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
299               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
300               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
301               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
302
303       print_known
304           Print a list of QA'd DocBook tags
305
306               Options:
307               --help                    Display help message
308               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
309               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
310               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
311               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
312               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
313               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
314
315       print_tree
316           Print a tree of the xi:includes
317
318               Options:
319               --help                    Display help message
320               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
321               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
322               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
323               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
324               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
325               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
326
327       print_unused
328           Print a list of unused XML files
329
330               Options:
331               --help                    Display help message
332               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
333               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
334               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
335               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
336               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
337               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
338
339       print_unused_images
340           Print a list of unused Image files
341
342               Options:
343               --help                    Display help message
344               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
345               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
346               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
347               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
348               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
349               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
350
351       remove_book
352           Remove a book from a WebSite.
353
354               Options:
355               --help                    Display help message
356               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
357               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
358               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
359               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
360               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
361               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
362               --site_config=<SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use or create.
363               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in
364
365       rename
366           Rename a publican book
367
368               Options:
369               --help                    Display help message
370               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
371               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
372               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
373               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
374               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
375               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
376               --name=<NAME>             The name of the book, article, set, or brand
377               --product=<PRODUCT>       The name of the product
378               --version=<VERSION>       The version of the product
379
380       report
381           Print a readability report for the source text.
382
383               Options:
384               --help                    Display help message
385               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
386               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
387               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
388               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
389               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
390               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
391
392       site_stats
393           Report on the contents of a WebSite
394
395               Options:
396               --help                    Display help message
397               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
398               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
399               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
400               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
401               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
402               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
403               --site_config=<SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use or create.
404
405       trans_drop
406           Snapshot the source language for use in translation.
407
408               Options:
409               --help                    Display help message
410               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
411               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
412               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
413               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
414               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
415               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
416
417       update_db
418           Add or remove database entries. Used for processing pre-build
419       books, such as when building packages.
420
421               Options:
422               --help                    Display help message
423               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
424               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
425               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
426               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
427               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
428               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
429               --site_config=<SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use or create.
430               --add                     Add a database entry
431               --del                     Delete a database entry
432               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in
433               --product=<PRODUCT>       The name of the product
434               --version=<VERSION>       The version of the product
435               --name=<NAME>             The name of the book, article, set, or brand
436               --formats=<FORMATS>       Comma-separated list of formats, for example: html,pdf,html-single,html-desktop,txt,epub
437               --subtitle=<SUBTITLE>     Sub title for a book
438               --abstract=<ABSTRACT>     Abstract for a book
439               --product_label=<PRODUCT_LABEL>    product label for a book
440               --version_label=<VERSION_LABEL>    version label for a book
441               --name_label=<NAME_LABEL>    name label for a book
442               --sort_order=<SORT_ORDER>    Order to sort a book
443               --book_version=<BOOK_VERSION>    The version number of the book being installed.
444               --book_src_lang=<BOOK_SRC_LANG>    The language this translation is based on.
445
446       update_po
447           Update the PO files
448
449               Options:
450               --help                    Display help message
451               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
452               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
453               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
454               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
455               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
456               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
457               --langs=<LANGS>           Comma-separated list of languages, for example: en-US,de-DE,all
458               --msgmerge                Use gettext's msgmerge for POT/PO merging.
459               --firstname=<FIRSTNAME>    firstname to use for a revision.
460               --surname=<SURNAME>       surname to use for a revision.
461               --email=<EMAIL>           email to use for a revision.
462               --previous                Keep previous msgid when fuzzy matches are detected in PO updates.
463
464       update_pot
465           Update the POT files
466
467               Options:
468               --help                    Display help message
469               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
470               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
471               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
472               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
473               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
474               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
475
476       update_site
477           Update an existing sites templates.
478
479               Options:
480               --help                    Display help message
481               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
482               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
483               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
484               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
485               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
486               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
487               --site_config=<SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use or create.
488
489       zt_pull
490           Pull translations from Zanata.
491
492               Options:
493               --help                    Display help message
494               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
495               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
496               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
497               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
498               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
499               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
500
501       zt_push
502           Push translations to Zanata.
503
504               Options:
505               --help                    Display help message
506               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
507               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
508               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
509               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
510               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
511               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
512

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

514       Publican requires access to wkhtmltopdf or Apache FOP for creating PDF
515       files.
516

DEPENDENCIES

518       Archive::Tar Archive::Zip Carp Config::Simple Cwd DBI DateTime
519       DateTime::Format::DateParse Devel::Cover Encode File::Basename
520       File::Copy::Recursive File::Find File::Find::Rule File::HomeDir
521       File::Inplace File::Path File::Spec File::Which File::pushd
522       Getopt::Long HTML::FormatText HTML::FormatText::WithLinks
523       HTML::FormatText::WithLinks::AndTables HTML::TreeBuilder
524       I18N::LangTags::List IO::String Lingua::EN::Fathom List::MoreUtils
525       List::Util Locale::Language Locale::Maketext::Gettext
526       Locale::Maketext::Lexicon Locale::Msgfmt Locale::PO Module::Build
527       Pod::Usage Sort::Versions String::Similarity
528       Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate Template Template::Constants
529       Term::ANSIColor Test::More Test::Pod Test::Pod::Coverage Text::CSV_XS
530       Text::Wrap Time::localtime XML::LibXML XML::LibXSLT XML::Simple
531       XML::TreeBuilder version
532

INCOMPATIBILITIES

534       None reported.
535

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

537       Bug list at
538       <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?product=Publican&query_format=advanced&resolution=--->.
539
540       Please report any bugs or feature requests to
541       "publican-list@redhat.com", or through the web interface at
542       <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Publican&component=publican&version=$version>.
543

AUTHOR

545       Jeff Fearn  "<jfearn@redhat.com>"
546
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