An index.html maker from PDF files

by Fabrizio Pivari

version 2.1 1997/11/06

IndexMaker is a simple script PERL to make an index.html file from PDF files, HTML files and other files. It should work with PERL 4 and 5.
It uses the /Author field and the first /Title field in every matched PDF files, the <TITLE> </TITLE> field in every matched HTML files and the name of the file in the others.

Source Code
You can also find the source code at CPAN authors/Fabrizio_Pivari/

This is the sintax

usage:
        indexmaker [-options ...] files

where options include:
    -help                        print out this message
    -title  Title 

files:
    with files you can use metacharacters and relative and absolute path name
    
example:
    indexmaker *.pdf
    indexmaker -t "TOC example" *.pdf

What's new with version 1.1:

Bug fix: now /Author field can be placed also after the first /Title field
Special Characters: & -> &amp, > -> &gt, < -> &lt Thanks to Gale Andrew

What's new with version 2.0:

New input files format: HTML, OTHER

What's new with version 2.1:

If HTML and PDF files haven't a description the program uses the file name