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38bf42b54cSRuslan Ermilov.Dd December 27, 2006
399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt TSORT 1
409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Os
419b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
429b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm tsort
439b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd topological sort of a directed graph
449b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
450e879078SPhilippe Charnier.Nm
46fa759582STim J. Robbins.Op Fl dlq
479b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Ar file
489b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
49e8937ba0SPhilippe CharnierThe
50e8937ba0SPhilippe Charnier.Nm
51e8937ba0SPhilippe Charnierutility takes a list of pairs of node names representing directed arcs in
529b50d902SRodney W. Grimesa graph and prints the nodes in topological order on standard output.
539b50d902SRodney W. GrimesInput is taken from the named
549b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar file ,
559b50d902SRodney W. Grimesor from standard input if no file
569b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis given.
579b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
58bf42b54cSRuslan ErmilovThere must be an even number of nodes in the input.
59bf42b54cSRuslan ErmilovNode names specified on the same line should be white space separated.
609b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
619b50d902SRodney W. GrimesPresence of a node in a graph can be represented by an arc from the node
629b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto itself.
639b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThis is useful when a node is not connected to any other nodes.
649b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
659b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf the graph contains a cycle (and therefore cannot be properly sorted),
669b50d902SRodney W. Grimesone of the arcs in the cycle is ignored and the sort continues.
679b50d902SRodney W. GrimesCycles are reported on standard error.
689b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
699b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe options are as follows:
70bf42b54cSRuslan Ermilov.Bl -tag -width indent
718cd68930SPoul-Henning Kamp.It Fl d
728cd68930SPoul-Henning KampTurn on debugging.
739b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl l
749b50d902SRodney W. GrimesSearch for and display the longest cycle.
759b50d902SRodney W. GrimesCan take a very long time.
768566830bSJordan K. Hubbard.It Fl q
776a3e8b0aSRuslan ErmilovDo not display informational messages about cycles.
786a3e8b0aSRuslan ErmilovThis is primarily
798566830bSJordan K. Hubbardintended for building libraries, where optimal ordering is not critical,
808566830bSJordan K. Hubbardand cycles occur often.
819b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El
829b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
839b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr ar 1
849b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
85bf42b54cSRuslan ErmilovThe
869b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm
879b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand appeared in
889b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.At v7 .
899b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThis
900e879078SPhilippe Charnier.Nm
919b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand and manual page are derived from sources contributed to Berkeley by
92bf42b54cSRuslan Ermilov.An Michael Rendell
93bf42b54cSRuslan Ermilovof Memorial University of Newfoundland.
944f45d811STim J. Robbins.Sh BUGS
954f45d811STim J. RobbinsThe
964f45d811STim J. Robbins.Nm
974f45d811STim J. Robbinsutility does not recognize multibyte characters.
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