Provided by: publican_4.3.2-3_all bug

NAME

       publican - a DocBook XML publishing tool.

VERSION

       This document describes publican version 4.0

SYNOPSIS

       publican <command options>

       publican <action> <action options>

       Command Options

           --help              Display help message
           --man               Display the man page
           --help_actions      Display a list of valid actions
           -v                  Display the version of Publican

       Valid actions are:

           add_revision  Add an entry to the revision history
           build         Transform XML to other formats (pdf, html, html-single, drupal-book, etc)
           clean         Remove all temporary files and directories
           clean_ids     Run clean ids for source XML
           clean_set     Remove local copies of remote set books
           copy_web_brand  Copy a brand's installed web content to another site
           create        Create a new book, set, or article
           create_brand  Create a new brand
           create_site   Create a new WebSite in the supplied location.
           help_config   Display help text for the configuration file
           install_book  Install a book in to a WebSite.
           install_brand  Install a brand to the supplied location
           lang_stats    report PO statistics
           migrate_site  Migrate a website DataBase from Publican < 3 to Publican 3.
           package       Package a language for shipping
           print_banned  Print a list of banned DocBook tags
           print_known   Print a list of QA'd DocBook tags
           print_tree    Print a tree of the xi:includes
           print_unused  Print a list of unused XML files
           print_unused_images  Print a list of unused Image files
           remove_book   Remove a book from a WebSite.
           rename        Rename a publican book
           report        Print a readability report for the source text.
           site_stats    Report on the contents of a WebSite
           trans_drop    Snapshot the source language for use in translation.
           update_db     Add or remove database entries. Used for processing pre-build books, such as when building packages.
           update_po     Update the PO files
           update_pot    Update the POT files
           update_site   Update an existing sites templates.
           zt_pull       Pull translations from Zanata.
           zt_push       Push translations to Zanata.

       Run: 'bin/publican <action> --help' for details on action usage

INTERFACE

       add_revision
           Add an entry to the revision history

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in
               --revnumber=<REVNUMBER>    Revision number to use for a revision.
               --date=<DATE>             Date to use for a revision.
               --member=<MEMBER>         An entry to be added to the revision. Can be specified multiple times.
               --firstname=<FIRSTNAME>    firstname to use for a revision.
               --surname=<SURNAME>       surname to use for a revision.
               --email=<EMAIL>           email to use for a revision.

       build
           Transform XML to other formats (pdf, html, html-single, drupal-book, etc)

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --formats=<FORMATS>       Comma-separated list of formats, for example: html,pdf,html-single,html-desktop,txt,epub
               --langs=<LANGS>           Comma-separated list of languages, for example: en-US,de-DE,all
               --publish                 Set up built content for publishing
               --embedtoc                Embed the web site TOC object in the generated HTML
               --distributed_set         This flag tells publican the data being processed is a distributed set. Note: do not use distributed_set on the command line. Publican uses this flag when calling itself to process distributed sets. This is the only safe way this flag can be used.
               --novalid                 Do not run the DTD validation
               --src_dir=<SRC_DIR>       Directory to source publican files from.
               --pdftool=<PDFTOOL>       Override the tool to use when creating PDFs. Valid options are wkhtmltopdf and fop.
               --pub_dir=<PUB_DIR>       Directory to publish files to. Defaults to publish.

       clean
           Remove all temporary files and directories

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --pub_dir=<PUB_DIR>       Directory to publish files to. Defaults to publish.

       clean_ids
           Run clean ids for source XML

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.

       clean_set
           Remove local copies of remote set books

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.

       copy_web_brand
           Copy a brand's installed web content to another site

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --brand=<BRAND>           The brand to use
               --site_config=<SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use or create.
               --old_site_config=<OLD_SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use when copying content between sites.

       create
           Create a new book, set, or article

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --name=<NAME>             The name of the book, article, set, or brand
               --version=<VERSION>       The version of the product
               --edition=<EDITION>       The edition of the book, article, or set
               --product=<PRODUCT>       The name of the product
               --brand=<BRAND>           The brand to use
               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in
               --type=<TYPE>             The type (book, article, or set)
               --dtdver=<DTDVER>         The version of the DocBook DTD to use

       create_brand
           Create a new brand

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --name=<NAME>             The name of the book, article, set, or brand
               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in

       create_site
           Create a new WebSite in the supplied location.

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --site_config=<SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use or create.
               --db_file=<DB_FILE>       Override default database file.
               --toc_path=<TOC_PATH>     Override the default TOC path.
               --tmpl_path=<TMPL_PATH>    Override the default template path.
               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in

       help_config
           Display help text for the configuration file

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.

       install_book
           Install a book in to a WebSite.

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --site_config=<SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use or create.
               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in

       install_brand
           Install a brand to the supplied location

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --path=<PATH>             /path/to/install/to
               --web                     Install the web content for a brand.
               --pub_dir=<PUB_DIR>       Directory to publish files to. Defaults to publish.

       lang_stats
           report PO statistics

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in

       migrate_site
           Migrate a website DataBase from Publican < 3 to Publican 3.

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --site_config=<SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use or create.

       package
           Package a language for shipping

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in
               --desktop                 Create desktop instead of web package
               --brew                    Push SRPM to brew
               --scratch                 Use scratch instead of tag build
               --short_sighted           Create package without using version in package name
               --binary                  Build binary rpm when running package
               --wait                    Wait for brew to finish building
               --pub_dir=<PUB_DIR>       Directory to publish files to. Defaults to publish.

       print_banned
           Print a list of banned DocBook tags

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.

       print_known
           Print a list of QA'd DocBook tags

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.

       print_tree
           Print a tree of the xi:includes

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.

       print_unused
           Print a list of unused XML files

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.

       print_unused_images
           Print a list of unused Image files

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.

       remove_book
           Remove a book from a WebSite.

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --site_config=<SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use or create.
               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in

       rename
           Rename a publican book

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --name=<NAME>             The name of the book, article, set, or brand
               --product=<PRODUCT>       The name of the product
               --version=<VERSION>       The version of the product

       report
           Print a readability report for the source text.

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.

       site_stats
           Report on the contents of a WebSite

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --site_config=<SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use or create.

       trans_drop
           Snapshot the source language for use in translation.

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.

       update_db
           Add or remove database entries. Used for processing pre-build books, such as when
       building packages.

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --site_config=<SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use or create.
               --add                     Add a database entry
               --del                     Delete a database entry
               --lang=<LANG>             The language the XML will be written in
               --product=<PRODUCT>       The name of the product
               --version=<VERSION>       The version of the product
               --name=<NAME>             The name of the book, article, set, or brand
               --formats=<FORMATS>       Comma-separated list of formats, for example: html,pdf,html-single,html-desktop,txt,epub
               --subtitle=<SUBTITLE>     Sub title for a book
               --abstract=<ABSTRACT>     Abstract for a book
               --product_label=<PRODUCT_LABEL>    product label for a book
               --version_label=<VERSION_LABEL>    version label for a book
               --name_label=<NAME_LABEL>    name label for a book
               --sort_order=<SORT_ORDER>    Order to sort a book
               --book_version=<BOOK_VERSION>    The version number of the book being installed.
               --book_src_lang=<BOOK_SRC_LANG>    The language this translation is based on.

       update_po
           Update the PO files

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --langs=<LANGS>           Comma-separated list of languages, for example: en-US,de-DE,all
               --msgmerge                Use gettext's msgmerge for POT/PO merging.
               --firstname=<FIRSTNAME>    firstname to use for a revision.
               --surname=<SURNAME>       surname to use for a revision.
               --email=<EMAIL>           email to use for a revision.
               --previous                Keep previous msgid when fuzzy matches are detected in PO updates.

       update_pot
           Update the POT files

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.

       update_site
           Update an existing sites templates.

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.
               --site_config=<SITE_CONFIG>    WebSite configuration file to use or create.

       zt_pull
           Pull translations from Zanata.

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.

       zt_push
           Push translations to Zanata.

               Options:
               --help                    Display help message
               --config=s                Use a nonstandard config file
               --common_config=s         Override path to Common_Config directory
               --common_content=s        Override path to Common_Content directory
               --nocolours               Disable ANSI colourisation of logging.
               --quiet                   Disable all logging.
               --brand_dir=s             Directory to source brand files from.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

       Publican requires access to wkhtmltopdf or Apache FOP for creating PDF files.

DEPENDENCIES

       Archive::Tar Archive::Zip Carp Config::Simple Cwd DBI DateTime DateTime::Format::DateParse
       Devel::Cover Encode File::Basename File::Copy::Recursive File::Find File::Find::Rule
       File::HomeDir File::Inplace File::Path File::Spec File::Which File::pushd Getopt::Long
       HTML::FormatText HTML::FormatText::WithLinks HTML::FormatText::WithLinks::AndTables
       HTML::TreeBuilder I18N::LangTags::List IO::String Lingua::EN::Fathom List::MoreUtils
       List::Util Locale::Language Locale::Maketext::Gettext Locale::Maketext::Lexicon
       Locale::Msgfmt Locale::PO Module::Build Pod::Usage Sort::Versions String::Similarity
       Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate Template Template::Constants Term::ANSIColor Test::More
       Test::Pod Test::Pod::Coverage Text::CSV_XS Text::Wrap Time::localtime XML::LibXML
       XML::LibXSLT XML::Simple XML::TreeBuilder version

INCOMPATIBILITIES

       None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

       Bug list at
       <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?product=Publican&query_format=advanced&resolution=--->.

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to "publican-list@redhat.com", or through the
       web interface at
       <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Publican&component=publican&version=$version>.

AUTHOR

       Jeff Fearn  "<jfearn@redhat.com>"