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23.1.4 Batch Formatting
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You can format Texinfo files for Info using 'batch-texinfo-format' and
Emacs Batch mode.  You can run Emacs in Batch mode from any shell,
including a shell inside of Emacs.  (Note: (emacs)Command Arguments.)

  Here is a shell command to format all the files that end in '.texinfo'
in the current directory:

     emacs -batch -funcall batch-texinfo-format *.texinfo

Emacs processes all the files listed on the command line, even if an
error occurs while attempting to format some of them.

  Run 'batch-texinfo-format' only with Emacs in Batch mode as shown; it
is not interactive.  It kills the Batch mode Emacs on completion.

  'batch-texinfo-format' is convenient if you lack 'makeinfo' and want
to format several Texinfo files at once.  When you use Batch mode, you
create a new Emacs process.  This frees your current Emacs, so you can
continue working in it.  (When you run 'texinfo-format-region' or
'texinfo-format-buffer', you cannot use that Emacs for anything else
until the command finishes.)