Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 23:37:01 +0100 From: "John W. Kitz" <John.Kitz@xs4all.nl> To: "'Glen Barber'" <gjb@FreeBSD.org>, "'Benjamin Kaduk'" <bjk@freebsd.org> Cc: <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Is there a possibility to obtain the most recent FreeBSD documentation in .pdf format? Message-ID: <002601d24cec$9a3da610$ceb8f230$@Kitz@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20161202221931.GF25895@FreeBSD.org> References: <000001d24ce6$ee26b970$ca742c50$@Kitz@xs4all.nl> <20161202220855.GS8460@kduck.kaduk.org> <20161202221931.GF25895@FreeBSD.org>
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Ben, Glen, On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 04:08:55PM -0600, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 10:56:19PM +0100, John W. Kitz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I was wondering; most books on FreeBSD that are on the market at any > > one time are typically based on a release that is quite a bit older > > than the most recent GA'd one. Obviously there is the HTML version > > online, but I prefer to use a book or a printed manual. > > > > > > > > Is there a possibility to obtain the most recent FreeBSD > > documentation in .pdf format, either by means of downloading it or > > by e.g. using some tool to generate it from the HTML version? > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/fdp-primer/ has instructions for > building the FreeBSD documentation; the extremely abridged version is roughly: > > pkg install docproj > svn co https://svn.freebsd.org/doc/head doc cd doc make FORMATS=pdf > ENGLISH_ONLY=yes > They're also available on the FTP mirrors: http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/ Found what I was looking for. Thanks to both of you for your prompt response. Enjoy your weekend, regards, Jk.
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