man/dummy-man

#!/bin/sh
# Poor man's placeholder for help2man invocation on systems lacking perl,
# or when cross compiling.
# It just copies the distributed man pages.

set -e; set -u

fatal_ ()
{
  printf '%s: %s\n' "$0" "$*" >&2
  exit 1
}

basename_ ()
{
  printf '%s\n' "$1" | sed 's,.*/,,'
}

output=
source="GNU coreutils"
while test $# -gt 0; do
  case $1 in
    # Help2man options we recognize and handle.
    --output=*) output=`expr x"$1" : x'--output=\(.*\)'`;;
    --output) shift; output=$1;;
    --include=*) include=`expr x"$1" : x'--include=\(.*\)'`;;
    --include) shift; include=$1;;
    --source=*) source=`expr x"$1" : x'--source=\(.*\)'`;;
    --source) shift; source=$1;;
    # Recognize (as no-op) other help2man options that might be used
    # in the makefile.
    --info-page=*);;
    -*) fatal_ "invalid or unrecognized help2man option '$1'";;
    --) shift; break;;
     *) break;;
  esac
  shift
done

test $# -gt 0 || fatal_ "missing argument"
test $# -le 1 || fatal_ "too many non-option arguments"

dist_man=$(printf '%s\n' "$include" | sed 's/\.x$/.1/')
test -f "$dist_man" && cp "$dist_man" "$output" && exit || :

baseout=`basename_ "$output"`
sed 's/^/WARNING: /' >&2 <<END
Did not generate or find default '$baseout' man page.
Creating a stub man page instead.
END

progname=`basename_ "$1"`
bs='\'

cat >"$output" <<END
.TH "$progname" 1 "$source" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
$progname $bs- a $source program
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B OOPS!
We were unable to create a proper manual page for
.B $progname.
For concise option descriptions, run
.IP
.B env $progname --help
.PP
The full documentation for
.B $progname
is maintained as a Texinfo manual, which should be accessible
on your system via the command
.IP
.B info $bs(aq(coreutils) $progname invocation$bs(aq
END