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NAME
docknot - Static web site and documentation generator
SYNOPSIS
docknot -h
docknot dist [-d distdir] [-m metadata] [-p pgp-key]
docknot generate [-m metadata] [-w width] template [output]
docknot generate-all [-m metadata] [-w width]
docknot release [-a archivedir] [-d distdir] [-m metadata]
docknot spin [-d] [-e pattern ...] [-s url] source output
docknot spin-rss [-b base] file
docknot spin-thread [-f] [-s url] [source [output]]
docknot update [-m metadata] [-o output]
docknot update-spin [path]
DESCRIPTION
docknot is a static web site generator with special support for managing the documentation and releases
of software packages. Its actions are organized into subcommands. The supported subcommands are:
dist
Build, test, and generate a distribution tarball of the package in the current directory. The exact
commands used is determined by the package metadata (see App::DocKnot::Config for format
documentation).
After the distribution is built, it will be checked against the source tree and docknot will report
an error and exit with a non-zero status if there are any expected files missing.
generate
Use metadata files and templates to generate human-readable documentation files for a package. See
App::DocKnot::Config for documentation on the metadata format, configuration files, and paths.
generate-all
Like "generate", but generates all of the package documentation for which default output files are
configured. This is a quick short-cut to generating all documentation that's shipped with the
package.
release
Copy a distribution tarball into a release area, archiving old versions, and optionally updating
configuration for "spin".
spin
Spin a tree of files written in the macro language thread into an HTML web site. See
App::DocKnot::Spin for documentation on the input format and details of the site generation.
spin-rss
Process a single .rss file with App::DocKnot::Spin::RSS (normally done as part of using "spin" to
process a tree of files). See that module's documentation for more details.
spin-thread
Like "spin", but convert a single file written in thread to HTML.
update
Update the DocKnot package configuration from an older format.
update-spin
Update an input tree for "spin" to the latest expectations. This will, for example, convert old-
style *.rpod pointer files to new-style *.spin pointer files.
OPTIONS
Each docknot subcommand takes its own options. Many also read global configuration options from
DocKnot's configuration. See "Global Configuration" in App::DocKnot::Config for more details.
Global Options
-h, --help
Print out usage information and exit.
dist
-d distdir, --distdir=distdir
The directory into which to put the generated distribution tarball. This is also used as a working
directory for a temporary copy of the package source. This should point to a trusted directory, not
one where an attacker could have written files; see "make_distribution()" in App::DocKnot::Dist for
more information. Default: The "destdir" option in the global DocKnot configuration file. This
option is required if there is no configuration file or if this option is not set.
-m metadata, --metadata=metadata
The path to the metadata file for the package whose distribution tarball is being generated.
Default: docs/docknot.yaml relative to the current directory (which is the recommended metadata path
for a project).
-p pgp-key, --pgp-key=pgp-key
The name of the PGP key to use to sign the generated distribution tarballs. The key can be named in
any way that the -u option of GnuPG understands. The generated signature will be armored and stored
in a file named by appending ".asc" to the name of the tarball. Default: The "pgp_key" option in the
global DocKnot configuration file.
generate
-m metadata, --metadata=metadata
The path to the metadata file for the package whose documentation is being generated. Default:
docs/docknot.yaml relative to the current directory (which is the recommended metadata path for a
project).
-w width, --width=width
Column width at which the generated output is wrapped. Default: 74.
template
The template to use when generating the output file.
output
The path to the output file to generate. If this argument isn't given, the output file will be
chosen based on the template as follows:
readme -> README
readme-md -> README.md
If the template isn't listed above, this argument is required.
generate-all
-m metadata, --metadata=metadata
The path to the metadata file for the package whose documentation is being generated. Default:
docs/docknot.yaml relative to the current directory (which is the recommended metadata path for a
project).
-w width, --width=width
Column width at which the generated output is wrapped. Default: 74.
release
-a archivedir, --archivedir=archivedir
The release area into which to put the distribution tarball. The current distribution will be put in
a subdirectory named after the "distribution.section" key in the package configuration. Older
versions will be moved to the ARCHIVE subdirectory of archivedir. Default: The "archivedir" option
in the global DocKnot configuration file. This option is required if there is no configuration file
or if this option is not set.
-d distdir, --distdir=distdir
The directory from which to get the new distribution tarball, normally generated by "dist". The
latest version in this directory will be used. Default: The "destdir" option in the global DocKnot
configuration file. This option is required if there is no configuration file or if this option is
not set.
-m metadata, --metadata=metadata
The path to the metadata file for the package whose distribution tarball is being generated.
Default: docs/docknot.yaml relative to the current directory (which is the recommended metadata path
for a project).
spin
-d, --delete
After populating the output tree with the results of converting or copying all the files in the
source tree, delete all files and directories in the output tree that do not have a corresponding
file in the source tree.
-e pattern, --exclude=pattern
Exclude files matching the given regular expression pattern from being converted. The pattern is
matched only against the file name, not its full path. This flag may be given multiple times.
-s url, --style-url=url
The base URL for style sheets. All style sheets specified in "\heading" commands will be considered
to be relative to this URL and this URL will be prepended to them. If this option is not given, the
name of the style sheet will be used verbatim as its URL, except with ".css" appended. This will
also be used as the base URL to style sheets for the output of cl2xhtml, cvs2xhtml, and faq2html.
source
The input tree of files to spin into a web site. This must be a directory.
output
The output location to write the generated web site. If this directory does not exist, it will be
created. If it exists, it must be a directory.
spin-rss
-b base, --base=base
By default, output files are relative to the current working directory. If this option is given,
output files will be relative to base instead. Output files specified as absolute paths will not be
affected.
file
The .rss file to process. See App::DocKnot::Spin::RSS for the details of the file format.
spin-thread
-s url, --style-url=url
The base URL for style sheets. A style sheet specified in a "\heading" command will be considered to
be relative to this URL and this URL will be prepended to it. If this option is not given, the name
of the style sheet will be used verbatim as its URL, except with ".css" appended.
source
The input file. If not given, standard input will be used.
output
The output file. If not given, standard output will be used.
update
-m metadata, --metdata=metadata
The path to the JSON metadata files for the package that should be converted to the new YAML format.
This should be a directory containing all the package metadata files required by App::DocKnot.
Default: docs/metadata relative to the current directory.
-o output, --output=output
The output file for the updated package configuration. Default: docs/docknot.yaml relative to the
current directory (which is the recommended metadata path for a project).
update-spin
path
The path to the spin input tree to update. If not given, defaults to the current directory.
DIAGNOSTICS
If docknot fails with errors, see the underlying module for that subcommand for information about what
those errors might mean. Internally, it can also produce the following diagnostics:
cannot write to %s: %s
(F) The output file specified with -o could not be written to.
missing required option %s
(F) One of the required command-line options was not given.
no subcommand given
(F) No subcommand was given after docknot on the command line.
unknown command %s
(F) The given subcommand was not recognized.
In addition, other Getopt::Long error messages may result from invalid command-line options.
AUTHOR
Russ Allbery <rra@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2016, 2018-2022 Russ Allbery <rra@cpan.org>
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and
associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial
portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
SEE ALSO
App::DocKnot::Config, App::DocKnot::Dist, App::DocKnot::Generate, App::DocKnot::Spin,
App::DocKnot::Spin::RSS, App::DocKnot::Spin::Thread, App::DocKnot::Update
This program is part of the App-DocKnot distribution. The current version of DocKnot is available from
CPAN, or directly from its web site at <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/docknot/>.
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