Generating PDF from a Command Line

To publish the PDF output from a command line outside of Oxygen XML Editor/Author, you can use the dita startup script that comes bundled with the DITA Open Toolkit distribution.

The command line supports all the parameters specific to the PDF transformation. Here is an example of how to write the commands:

Windows

dita.bat -f pdf-css-html5 -i C:\path\to\map.ditamap -o C:\path\to\output\folder -v

Linux/macOS

dita -f pdf-css-html5 -i /path/to/map.ditamap -o /path/to/output/folder -v

Note: You can use the long form of the command-line options (e.g. --format or --input).