An index.html maker
Author: Fabrizio Pivari

# An index.html maker from PDF, HTML, VRML and other files

## by Fabrizio Pivari #### version 5.1 1998/03/08 IndexMaker is a PERL script to make an index.html file from PDF files, HTML files, VRML files and other files. At the moment, it uses the /Author field, the first /Title field and the /Subject field in every matched PDF files the <TITLE> </TITLE> field and the META Description and Author fields in every matched HTML files the Info node field in every matched VRML 1.0 files the WorldInfo node field info and title in every matched VRML 2.0 files the name of the file in the others |

From version 5.0 IndexMaker requires PERL 5.xxx.
This is the list of modules you require:

- PDF libray v.1.04 by Antonio Rosella

You can find all the modules also at CPAN.

This is the sintax

    usage:
            indexmaker [-options ...] files

    where options include:
        -help                        print out this message
        -verbose                     verbose
        -configure file              default indexmaker.cfg
        -output    file              default index.html

    files:
        with files you can use metacharacters and relative and absolute path name

    example:
        indexmaker *.pdf
        indexmaker -c tests/test.cfg *.pdf
        indexmaker -v */*.html
        indexmaker -o home.htm *.gif *.tiff *.jpeg

In the configuration file (default indexmaker.cfg) there are two fields separated by a colon : (it is possible to change this default in the perl code): the first field is the name of the variable, the second is the value of the variable. This is the list of the variables supported:

- OUTPUT_file (default index.htmt). You can also use -output parameter to change the value of this variable.
- GIF_pdficon this icon is used in the output file
- GIF_getacrobat this icon is used in the output file
- META_AuthorName META information in the output file
- META_AuthorMail META information in the output file
- META_Keywords META information in the output file
- META_Description META information in the output file
- TITLE_title the value of <TITLE>...</TITLE> and <H1>...</H1> fields in the output file
- PDF_extensions lists of extensions for PDF files
- HTML_extensions lists of extensions for HTML files
- VRML_extensions lists of extensions for VRML files
- Graphic_extensions lists of extensions for Graphic files
- Compress_extensions lists of extensions for Compressed files

What's new with version 5.1:
- Without parameters, the help is print
- Added PDFandSPIDER document

History file

Source Code: the last release 5.1
Source Code: the last release that support PERL 4.xxx 4.3
You can also find the source code at CPAN authors/Fabrizio_Pivari/