Re: [docbook-apps] reference man pages as both seperate files + linked into one document

From
Michael Smith <>
Date
2004-02-24T05:23:01+00:00
ID
20040224053540.GA1548@zennihon_yopparai_rengo
Thread
Re: [docbook-apps] reference man pages as both seperate files + linked into one document
Mike Cooper <> writes:

> I'm trying to create a number of reference (UNIX) man pages for seperate 
> commands.  I need to have these each be a standalone document so I can 
> create UNIX *roff man page files (using docbook2X), but also I need to 
> create a single master "Reference Guide" which includes all of the 
> otherwise standalone reference docs.  What's the best way of doing this?

Keep them all in the same single master doc/file. You don't need to have
them be standalone documents in order to use docbook2X. docbook2X
automatically writes out a separate man page for each Refentry chunk it
finds in your document. If it's not doing that, something's wrong.