The December 1998 and February 1999 Toolman articles discuss a method for using sh and make to generate web pages. The shell can be used very much like a macro processor to provide consistency and simplicity to web page ``source'' files. And make can provide automation and mutability. The articles, titled ``Toolman: Generating Web Pages with sh and make,'' Parts 1 & 2, appear in the December 1998 and February 1999 issues of the USENIX Association's ;login: magazine.

The following are available:

article-part1.html:

Part 1 of the article in HTML.

article-part1.pdf:

Part 1 of the article in PDF format [65 KB].

article-part1.text:

Part 1 of the article in plain ASCII text format [16 KB].

article-part2.html:

Part 2 of the article in HTML.

article-part2.pdf:

Part 2 of the article in PDF format [101 KB].

article-part2.text:

Part 2 of the article in plain ASCII text format [10 KB].

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gen_html.sh:

A sample script as described in Part 1 [33 KB].

Makefile-1:

A sample Makefile as described in Part 2 [1 KB]. This is a very simple one.

Makefile-2:

A sample Makefile as described in Part 2 [4 KB]. This one is more complex, and is essentially the Makefile discussed in the alumni example.

cvt_addrs.sh:

The database conversion script described in Part 2 [5 KB].

sample.hsrc:

A simple, sample .hsrc file [3 KB].

sample.html:

The .html file generated from the .hsrc file above [3 KB].

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