From owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Fri Dec 2 22:14:10 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF6FFC625EC for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2016 22:14:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-6.mit.edu (dmz-mailsec-scanner-6.mit.edu [18.7.68.35]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A435918F8 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2016 22:14:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) X-AuditID: 12074423-187ff70000005b22-cc-5841f0fb403d Received: from mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.39]) (using TLS with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 5B.BB.23330.BF0F1485; Fri, 2 Dec 2016 17:08:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu [18.9.28.11]) by mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id uB2M8xni032480; Fri, 2 Dec 2016 17:08:59 -0500 Received: from kduck.kaduk.org (24-107-191-124.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com [24.107.191.124]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.12.4) with ESMTP id uB2M8to9005852 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 2 Dec 2016 17:08:58 -0500 Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 16:08:55 -0600 From: Benjamin Kaduk To: "John W. Kitz" Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there a possibility to obtain the most recent FreeBSD documentation in .pdf format? Message-ID: <20161202220855.GS8460@kduck.kaduk.org> References: <000001d24ce6$ee26b970$ca742c50$@Kitz@xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000001d24ce6$ee26b970$ca742c50$@Kitz@xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFvrOIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixG6nrvv7g2OEwe91FhanznSxWnxfPYnV gcljxqf5LB6nvn5mD2CK4rJJSc3JLEst0rdL4Mr4/nMKc8FhtooHv/6wNTBOYe1i5OSQEDCR uHVgE3MXIxeHkEAbk8TV1yuZIJwNjBLPb2+Hylxhkjj8oR2shUVAReLw/cvMIDabgJrE473N YHERAQ2JR53vWEBsZgFpicajrWC2sECqxLmjj5hAbF4BY4n+zz/AbCEBG4ntk36zQsQFJU7O fALVqyVx499LoBoOsDnL/3GAhDkFbCUW/FkNVi4qoCzRMOMB8wRGgVlIumch6Z6F0L2AkXkV o2xKbpVubmJmTnFqsm5xcmJeXmqRrplebmaJXmpK6SZGcJi6KO9gfNnnfYhRgINRiYdXoNkx Qog1say4MvcQoyQHk5Ior2kOUIgvKT+lMiOxOCO+qDQntfgQowQHs5IIb9ZLoBxvSmJlVWpR PkxKmoNFSZz3v9vXcCGB9MSS1OzU1ILUIpisDAeHkgSvDzAehQSLUtNTK9Iyc0oQ0kwcnCDD eYCGX3wPMry4IDG3ODMdIn+KUZfjwPsVT5mEWPLy81KlxHl7QYoEQIoySvPg5oDSi0T2/ppX jOJAbwnzNoGs4wGmJrhJr4CWMAEt6bhuD7KkJBEhJdXA2KEuXxT/rsHowRIWC5stF27ffTyn s2Dv4wP+/vvfbI0/wXv+/z2dQyr7jxSnXOoR/lf76zGDTqPG7eh8J/53k6eZJtWnWey8zxv6 ToR1cmvehkyF25x/7F64XzvlmGDmlZQRu2ynM/u6OQ07z+6ZG6go/UBI2Mrht8niUq0LClPm iJdyy3szKbEUZyQaajEXFScCAAcj8IQKAwAA X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2016 22:14:11 -0000 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 -Ben