NAME¶

lincredits - generate beautified versions of the Linux CREDITS file

SYNOPSIS¶

lincredits [options] CREDITS-file

DESCRIPTION¶

This manual page briefly documents the lincredits command.

lincredits is a program that beautifes the Linux CREDITS file into one of three supported formats: plain text, LaTeX and HTML. You must specify the path of a valid CREDITS file (usually /usr/src/linux/CREDITS) to be formatted.

OPTIONS¶

The programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options are included below.

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

-o, --output <filename>

Send output to the specified files, instead of standard output.

--text

Format the output as plain text (default).

--latex

Format the output as LaTeX.

--html

Format the output as HTML.

TODO¶

Support the MAINTAINERS file as well.

SEE ALSO¶

python(1)

AUTHOR¶

This manual page was written by Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).