#! /bin/sh
if  test $# -eq 0
then
    echo "usage man-to-pdf <cmd>"
    echo "e.g., man-to-pdf touch"
    exit
fi

if whereis $1 | grep man > /dev/null
then
	filepath=` whereis $1 | tr ' ' '\n' | grep man | head -1 `
        filename=` basename $filepath`
else
	echo "man page for $1 is not found"
	exit
fi

troff -man $filepath  > /tmp/t1$$
echo ..done troff
cat /tmp/t1$$ | dpost > /tmp/t2$$
echo ..done dpost

ps2pdf /tmp/t2$$  $HOME/$filename.pdf 
echo ..done ps2pdf
echo "the pdf file is:"
ls -lt $HOME/$filename.pdf

rm /tmp/t1$$ /tmp/t2$$
echo DONE