NAME

       sphinx-apidoc - Sphinx API doc generator tool

SYNOPSIS

       sphinx-apidoc [options] -o <outputdir> <sourcedir> [pathnames ...]

DESCRIPTION

       sphinx-apidoc is a tool for automatic generation of Sphinx sources that, using the autodoc
       extension, document a whole package in the style  of  other  automatic  API  documentation
       tools.

       sourcedir  must  point  to a Python package.  Any pathnames given are paths to be excluded
       from the generation.

       WARNING:
          sphinx-apidoc generates source files that use sphinx.ext.autodoc to document all  found
          modules.  If any modules have side effects on import, these will be executed by autodoc
          when sphinx-build is run.

          If you document scripts (as opposed to library modules), make sure their  main  routine
          is protected by a if __name__ == '__main__' condition.

OPTIONS

       -o <outputdir>
              Directory to place the output files.  If it does not exist, it is created.

       -f, --force
              Usually, apidoc does not overwrite files, unless this option is given.

       -l, --follow-links
              Follow symbolic links.

       -n, --dry-run
              If given, apidoc does not create any files.

       -s <suffix>
              Suffix for the source files generated, default is rst.

       -d <maxdepth>
              Maximum depth for the generated table of contents file.

       -T, --no-toc
              Do not create a table of contents file.

       -F, --full
              If  given,  a  full  Sphinx  project  is  generated  (conf.py, Makefile etc.) using
              sphinx-quickstart.

       -e, --separate
              Put each module file in its own page.

       -E, --no-headings
              Don't create headings for the modules/packages

       -P, --private
              Include "_private" modules

       These options are used with -F:

       -H <project>
              Project name to put into the configuration.

       -A <author>
              Author name(s) to put into the configuration.

       -V <version>
              Project version.

       -R <release>
              Project release.

SEE ALSO

       sphinx-build(1)

AUTHOR

       Etienne Desautels, <etienne.desautels@gmail.com>, Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> et al.

COPYRIGHT

       2007-2016, Georg Brandl and the Sphinx team