Building output using the command-line tool

If you are unfamiliar with Ant, you can invoke the DITA Open Toolkit (DITA-OT) and build output from the command-line tool.

1. Run the startcmd file that is applicable for your operating system.
   The startcmd.bat and startcmd.sh files are in the directory where you installed the DITA-OT.
2. From the command prompt, issue the following command:

   java -jar lib/dost.jar /i:input-file /transtype:transformation-type /parameter-name:value

   where:

   • install-dir is the DITA-OT installation directory path.
   • input-file is the DITA map or DITA file that you want to process.
   • transformation-type is the transformation type.
   • parameter-name is the name of an optional parameter.
   • value is an applicable value for the optional parameter.
   • output-dir is the output directory path for generated output.
   If you do not specify an output directory, the DITA-OT writes the output to the install-dir/out directory.

java -jar lib/dost.jar /i:samples/sequence.ditamap /outdir:test /transtype:html5