man2html   [plain text]

#!/bin/sh
# man2html cgi script - uses /usr/bin/man2html to format man pages
# auxiliary text files in /home/httpd/cgi-aux/man
# aeb@cwi.nl - 980109

MAN2HTML="/usr/bin/man2html"
MANX="/home/httpd/cgi-aux/man/man.aux"

# Do we need lynxcgi URLs? For the moment our criterion is
# 1) HTTP_USER_AGENT=Lynx*  and 2) HTTP_HOST is unset.
AGENT="${HTTP_USER_AGENT-unknown}"

case "$AGENT" in
    Lynx*|lynx*)
	HH="${HTTP_HOST-nohh}"
	SED="s/%lynx //"
	;;
    *)
	HH=nolynx
	SED="/%lynx/d"
	;;
esac

SERVER="${SERVER_NAME-localhost}"
case "$HH" in
    nohh)
	LL="-l"
	CG="lynxcgi:/home/httpd/cgi-bin/man"
	;;
    *)
	LL="-H$SERVER"
	CG="http://$SERVER/cgi-bin/man"
	;;
esac

# Find the required page - expect to be called with "man2html [sec] page".
# There may a prefixed "-M manpath" option.
if [ $# -ge 2 -a x"$1" = x-M ]; then
    MANPATH="$2"
    export MANPATH
    shift; shift
    MP=" using the given MANPATH"
else
    MP=""
fi

# If no arguments given, show a start page.
if [ $# = 0 ]; then
    if [ -r $MANX ]; then
	cat $MANX | sed "s#%cg#$CG#g; $SED"
    else
	"$MAN2HTML" -E "man2html: cannot open $MANX"
    fi
    exit 0
fi

if [ $# -gt 2 ]; then
    "$MAN2HTML" -E "man2html: bad invocation: too many arguments"
    exit 0
fi

# A single argument may be an explicitly give path name
# Otherwise, ask man where to find it
if [ $# = 1 ]; then
    case "$1" in
	/*)
	    PAGE="$1"
	    ;;
	*)
	    PAGE=`man -w -c "$@" 2>/dev/null`
	    ;;
    esac
else
	PAGE=`man -w -c "$@" 2>/dev/null`
fi

if [ x"$PAGE" = x ]; then
    complaint="man2html: cannot find a page"
    if [ $# = 1 ]; then
	"$MAN2HTML" -E "$complaint for $1$MP"
    else
	"$MAN2HTML" -E "$complaint for $2 in section $1$MP"
    fi
    exit 0
fi

if [ -r "$PAGE" ]
then
    case "$PAGE" in
    *.gz)
	zcat "$PAGE" | "$MAN2HTML" "$LL" -D "$PAGE"
	;;
    *)
	"$MAN2HTML" "$LL" "$PAGE"
	;;
    esac
elif [ -r "$PAGE".gz ]
then
	zcat "$PAGE".gz | "$MAN2HTML" "$LL" -D "$PAGE"
else
	"$MAN2HTML" -E "Strange... Cannot find (or read) $PAGE."
fi
exit 0