gen-manpages.sh

#!/bin/sh

SRCDIR=${SRCDIR:-../../src}
MANDIR=${MANDIR:-../../doc/man}

BITCOIND=${BITCOIND:-$SRCDIR/bitcoind}
BITCOINCLI=${BITCOINCLI:-$SRCDIR/bitcoin-cli}
BITCOINQT=${BITCOINQT:-$SRCDIR/qt/bitcoin-qt}

[ ! -x $BITCOIND ] && echo "$BITCOIND not found or not executable." && exit 1

# the autodetected version git tag can screw up manpage output a little bit
BTCVER=$($BITCOINCLI --version | cut -d"-" -f1 | cut -d"v" -f3)

# Create a footer file with copyright content.
# This gets autodetected fine for bitcoind if --version-string is not set,
# but has different outcomes for bitcoin-qt and bitcoin-cli.
echo "[COPYRIGHT]" > footer.h2m
$BITCOIND --version | sed -n '1!p' >> footer.h2m

for cmd in $BITCOIND $BITCOINCLI $BITCOINQT; do
  cmdname="${cmd##*/}"
  help2man -N --version-string=${BTCVER} --include=footer.h2m -o ${MANDIR}/${cmdname}.1 ${cmd}
done

rm -f footer.h2m