---
name: "djbdoc2man"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "djbdoc2man"
version: "1.1-4"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/djbdoc2man"
---

# djbdoc2man(1)

djbdoc2man

## NAME

djbdoc2man - djbdoc2man

## SYNOPSIS

**djbdoc2man** \[*OPTIONS*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Converts html documentation pages from http://cr.yp.to/ to manual pages.

- **-p**, **--package**=*NAME*

  Use NAME as package name (i.e. Daemontools)

- **-v**, **--pversion**=*VER*

  Use VER as package version (i.e. 0.76)

- **-s**, **--section**=*SEC*

  Use SEC as manual section (Defaults to 1)

- **-n**, **--name**=*NAME*

  Override option. Use NAME as program name

- **-y**, **--syntax**=*LINE*

  Override option. Use LINE as syntax line

- **-h**, **--short**=*TEXT*

  Override option. Use TEXT as short desctiption

- **-q**, **--quiet**

  Suppress warning messages

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display help and exit

- **-V**, **--version**

  Display version and exit

This utility converts html documentation pages from D. J. Bernstein (http://cr.yp.to/) to manual pages. Just pipe in the HTML page and you'll get a manual page on stdout.

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to Klaus Reimer \<k@ailis.de\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2003  Klaus Reimer \<k@ailis.de\>\
 This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **djbdoc2man** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and **djbdoc2man** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

-

  **info djbdoc2man**

should give you access to the complete manual.