man2html

#
# man2html: convert a man page to a pdf file
# syntax:  man2html <manpage-name> 
#                   [<directory>] (default: /Users/user/Desktop)
#                   o (open the document after creation)
#
#!/bin/bash
if [ -z "$1" ] ;
then
  echo
  echo 'You must specify a man page name ...'
  echo
  echo syntax: 'man2html <manpage-name> [<directory>] (default:' $HOME'/Desktop)'
  echo 
  exit 1
else 
  manpage=$1
fi
if [ -z "$2" ] ;
then
  dirout=.
  openhtml=1
else 
  dirout=$2
fi
if [ -n "$3" ] ; 
then
  openhtml=1
fi
if [ ! -d "$dirout" ]
then
  echo 
  echo "Volume or direcotry" \'$dirout\' does not exist...
  echo
  exit 1
fi
rm -f $dirout/$manpage.ps $dirout/$manpage.pdf $dirout/$manpage.html
man -t $manpage > $dirout/$manpage.ps 2> /dev/null
ret=$?
if [ $ret -gt 0 ] ;
then
  echo
  echo The \'$manpage\' man page not found: error $ret encountered ...
  echo
  exit 1
fi
ps2pdf $dirout/$manpage.ps $dirout/$manpage.pdf 2> /dev/null
if [ $? -gt 0 ] ;
then
  echo 'ps2pdf' failed error $? ...
  exit 1
else
  rm -f $dirout/$manpage.ps
fi
#
# BUG: The "output" parameter causes an error if specified, so we default 
#
pdf2htmlex $dirout/$manpage.pdf 2> /dev/null
ret=$?
if [ $ret -gt 1 ] ;
then
  echo
  echo 'pdf2htmlex' failed error $ret ...
  echo
  rm -f $dirout/$manpage.pdf
  exit 1
fi
echo 
echo $dirout/$manpage.html created ...
echo
rm -f $dirout/$manpage.pdf
#
# BUG: Because of the pdf2htmlex output file bug, we need to copy this if not "./" 
#
if [ "$dirout" != "." ] ; 
then
  cp ./$manpage.html $dirout/.
  rm -f ./$manpage.html
fi
if [ $openhtml ] ; 
then
  if [ $dirout == "." ] ;
  then
    open ./$manpage.html
  else
    open $dirout/$manpage.html
  fi
fi