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3.4 KiB
Groff
98 lines
3.4 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This manual is derived from one contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" Michael Rendell of Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)tsort.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/1/94
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd December 27, 2006
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.Dt TSORT 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm tsort
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.Nd topological sort of a directed graph
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl dlq
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.Op Ar file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility takes a list of pairs of node names representing directed arcs in
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a graph and prints the nodes in topological order on standard output.
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Input is taken from the named
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.Ar file ,
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or from standard input if no file
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is given.
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.Pp
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There must be an even number of nodes in the input.
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Node names specified on the same line should be white space separated.
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.Pp
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Presence of a node in a graph can be represented by an arc from the node
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to itself.
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This is useful when a node is not connected to any other nodes.
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.Pp
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If the graph contains a cycle (and therefore cannot be properly sorted),
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one of the arcs in the cycle is ignored and the sort continues.
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Cycles are reported on standard error.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl d
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Turn on debugging.
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.It Fl l
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Search for and display the longest cycle.
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Can take a very long time.
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.It Fl q
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Do not display informational messages about cycles.
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This is primarily
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intended for building libraries, where optimal ordering is not critical,
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and cycles occur often.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ar 1
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.At v7 .
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This
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.Nm
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command and manual page are derived from sources contributed to Berkeley by
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.An Michael Rendell
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of Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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.Sh BUGS
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The
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.Nm
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utility does not recognize multibyte characters.
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