man sgmltools (1): process sgml files.

SYNOPSIS

sgmltools [-b backend] [-d] [-v] [-V] [-h] [-l] [-s dsssl_spec] [-j jadeopt] [--backend={onehtml,html,ps,dvi,rtf,txt,ld2db,jadetex,pdb,lynx,w3m}] [--debug] [--verbose] [--dsssl-spec=dsssl_spec] [--jade-opt=jadeopt] [--version] [--help] [--license]

DESCRIPTION

sgmltools is the central driver of SGMLtools. You can use it to convert SGML input files to various formats, as indicated by the --backend switch.

OPTIONS

-b, --backend: Select the backend to use. Currently, there are five different backends to choose from. ps expects a DocBook SGML file and will convert it into PostScript. dvi expects a DocBook SGML file and will convert it into DVI. rtf expects a DocBook SGML file and will convert it into RTF. onehtml expects a DocBook SGML file and will convert it into a single HTML; the resulting file will be put in the current directory (default). html expects a DocBook SGML file and will convert it into HTML; the resulting files will be put in a subdirectory. txt expects a DocBook SGML file and will convert it into ASCII. Note that this backend actually uses the w3m (preferred) or lynx (if w3m not found) backends. ld2db expects a LinuxDoc-SGML file and will convert it into DocBook SGML. jadetex expects a DocBook SGML file and will convert it into JadeTeX input. Only use this if you know what you're doing. pdb expects a DocBook SGML file and will convert it into the iSilo format used on Palm devices. w3m expects a DocBook SGML file and will convert it into ASCII. w3m does a better job of exporting HTML as ASCII text than Lynx, since w3m understands tables. One should normally use the txt backend and let sgmltools decide which ASCII exporter is available. lynx expects a DocBook SGML file and will convert it into ASCII. One should normally use the txt backend and let sgmltools decide which ASCII exporter is available.
-d, --debug: Enable debugging. All temporary files will be left as is and possibly extra information on the processing steps is printed to stderr.
-v, --verbose: Be verbose. Information on commands executed, etcetera, will be printed to stdout.
-s, --dsssl-spec: Specify the DSSSL stylesheet to apply (see STYLESHEETS, below).
-j, --jade-opt: Pass additional options directly to Jade.
-h, --help: Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully (tbd).
-V, --version: Print version information on standard output then exit successfully (tbd).
-l, --license: Print license information

STYLESHEETS

The DSSSL specification may be either a filename, a public identifier or a DSSSL alias (resolved via one of the alias files /etc/sgml/aliases and ~/.sgmlaliases to either a filename or a public identifier).

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

TMPDIR: Temporary directory. If it is on a local filesystem, a lot of copying will be avoided. Furthermore, setting this will prevent SGMLtools from using /tmp and thus will prevent people trying to make use of race conditions.
SGML_CATALOG_FILES: The SGML Open catalog files to use for resolving public identifiers into system identifiers.