11. Programs

11.1. Overview

The programs available are summarised below.

Name	Purpose
sdf	convert SDF files to other formats
sdfapi	extract the Application Programming Interface from source code
sdfbatch	generate FrameMaker batch files
sdfcli	extract the Command Line Interface from a utility
sdfget	extract documentation embedded in source code
sdftest	execute SDF regression tests
sdngen	build an SDF tuning module from a FrameMaker template
prn2ps	convert Windows PostScript to Unix PostScript

sdf is typically invoked as follows:

   sdf -2format [options] files

Supported format values include the following:

Format	Description
ps	a PostScript document
html	a HTML document
hlp	Microsoft Windows help input files
fvo	a FrameViewer file
txt	a plain text document
rtf	an RTF document
book	a book (PostScript)

Further details on the programs are provided below.