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389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dd April 1, 1994
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
468cd68930SPoul-Henning Kamp.Op Fl d
479b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Fl l
488566830bSJordan K. Hubbard.Op Fl q
499b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Ar file
509b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
51e8937ba0SPhilippe CharnierThe
52e8937ba0SPhilippe Charnier.Nm
53e8937ba0SPhilippe Charnierutility takes a list of pairs of node names representing directed arcs in
549b50d902SRodney W. Grimesa graph and prints the nodes in topological order on standard output.
559b50d902SRodney W. GrimesInput is taken from the named
569b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar file ,
579b50d902SRodney W. Grimesor from standard input if no file
589b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis given.
599b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
609b50d902SRodney W. GrimesNode names in the input are separated by white space and there must
61bc47530cSBill Fumerolabe an even number of nodes.
629b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
639b50d902SRodney W. GrimesPresence of a node in a graph can be represented by an arc from the node
649b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto itself.
659b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThis is useful when a node is not connected to any other nodes.
669b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
679b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf the graph contains a cycle (and therefore cannot be properly sorted),
689b50d902SRodney W. Grimesone of the arcs in the cycle is ignored and the sort continues.
699b50d902SRodney W. GrimesCycles are reported on standard error.
709b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
719b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe options are as follows:
729b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width Ds
738cd68930SPoul-Henning Kamp.It Fl d
748cd68930SPoul-Henning KampTurn on debugging.
759b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl l
769b50d902SRodney W. GrimesSearch for and display the longest cycle.
779b50d902SRodney W. GrimesCan take a very long time.
788566830bSJordan K. Hubbard.It Fl q
798566830bSJordan K. HubbardDo not display informational messages about cycles.  This is primarily
808566830bSJordan K. Hubbardintended for building libraries, where optimal ordering is not critical,
818566830bSJordan K. Hubbardand cycles occur often.
829b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El
839b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
849b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr ar 1
859b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
869b50d902SRodney W. GrimesA
879b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm
889b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand appeared in
899b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.At v7 .
909b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThis
910e879078SPhilippe Charnier.Nm
929b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand and manual page are derived from sources contributed to Berkeley by
939b50d902SRodney W. GrimesMichael Rendell of Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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