CONTENTS

• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• ARGUMENTS
• EXAMPLE
• AUTHOR
• BUGS
• SEE ALSO
• COPYRIGHT

#NAME

Pod::Html - module to convert pod files to HTML

#SYNOPSIS

use Pod::Html;
pod2html([options]);

#DESCRIPTION

Converts files from pod format (see perlpod) to HTML format. It can automatically generate indexes and cross-references, and it keeps a cache of things it knows how to cross-reference.

#ARGUMENTS

Pod::Html takes the following arguments:

#help

--help

Displays the usage message.

#htmlroot

--htmlroot=name

Sets the base URL for the HTML files. When cross-references are made, the HTML root is prepended to the URL.

#infile

--infile=name

Specify the pod file to convert. Input is taken from STDIN if no infile is specified.

#outfile

--outfile=name

Specify the HTML file to create. Output goes to STDOUT if no outfile is specified.

#podroot

--podroot=name

Specify the base directory for finding library pods.

#podpath

--podpath=name:...:name

Specify which subdirectories of the podroot contain pod files whose HTML converted forms can be linked-to in cross-references.

#libpods

--libpods=name:...:name

List of page names (eg, "perlfunc") which contain linkable =items.

#netscape

--netscape

Use Netscape HTML directives when applicable.

#nonetscape

--nonetscape

Do not use Netscape HTML directives (default).

#index

--index

Generate an index at the top of the HTML file (default behaviour).

#noindex

--noindex

Do not generate an index at the top of the HTML file.

#recurse

--recurse

Recurse into subdirectories specified in podpath (default behaviour).

#norecurse

--norecurse

Do not recurse into subdirectories specified in podpath.

#title

--title=title

Specify the title of the resulting HTML file.

#verbose

--verbose

Display progress messages.

#EXAMPLE

    pod2html("pod2html",
	     "--podpath=lib:ext:pod:vms", 
	     "--podroot=/usr/src/perl",
	     "--htmlroot=/perl/nmanual",
	     "--libpods=perlfunc:perlguts:perlvar:perlrun:perlop",
	     "--recurse",
	     "--infile=foo.pod",
	     "--outfile=/perl/nmanual/foo.html");

#AUTHOR

Tom Christiansen, <tchrist@perl.com>.

#BUGS

Has trouble with etc in = commands.

#SEE ALSO

perlpod

#COPYRIGHT

This program is distributed under the Artistic License.

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