src2man(1)src2man(1)NAMEsrc2man - extract man pages from source files.
SYNOPSISsrc2man [-n][-d date][-v volume][-r release] [srcfile ...]
DESCRIPTIONsrc2man scans source file srcfile. Only C source files are supported
for now. Comments blocks starting by "/** num", where num is a section
number, are converted into a man file, using txt2man(1).
The first line of the comment block must contain the name of the man‐
page, usually the function name, followed by a "-" and a short descrip‐
tion. The following lines are the "DESCRIPTION" section content, except
if they are in upper case, in which case they define a new section.
If the next line after a comment block is empty, Then no "SYNOPSIS"
section will be generated. Otherwise, src2man will look in the follow‐
ing source lines for a function prototype or a type definion (struct,
union, typedef, ...) matching the manpage name, and include it in a
"SYNOPSIS" section. This avoids to duplicate the type or function pro‐
totype in the comment block.
The best place for code documentation is in the source file, where the
body is implemented, not the header file which only contains the proto‐
type. src2man automatically searches for the presence of a prototype in
the corresponding header file, and if found, will print a "#include"
statement in the synopsis.
OPTIONS-d date
Set the date of the man pages. Defaults to current date.
-n No man page is created. The name of the manpages that would be
created are printed.
-v volume
Specify the name of the volume to be printed in center header of
generated manpages.
-r release
Specify the project name and release number for the generated
manpage.
EXAMPLE
The following example displays C code and comments to generate a man‐
page foobar.3:
/** 3
* foobar - a sample dummy function
* This line is now the first of the description section.
* Note that function parameters parm1 and parm2 are highlighted
* in the generated man page.
*/
int foobar(char *parm1, int parm2)
{
...
return 0;
}
SEE ALSOtxt2man(1), bookman(1).
AUTHOR
Marc Vertes <mvertes@free.fr>
txt2man-1.5.6 17 February 2016 src2man(1)
