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34bf42b54cSRuslan Ermilov.Dd December 27, 2006
359b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt TSORT 1
369b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Os
379b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm tsort
399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd topological sort of a directed graph
409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
410e879078SPhilippe Charnier.Nm
42fa759582STim J. Robbins.Op Fl dlq
439b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Ar file
449b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
45e8937ba0SPhilippe CharnierThe
46e8937ba0SPhilippe Charnier.Nm
47e8937ba0SPhilippe Charnierutility takes a list of pairs of node names representing directed arcs in
489b50d902SRodney W. Grimesa graph and prints the nodes in topological order on standard output.
499b50d902SRodney W. GrimesInput is taken from the named
509b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar file ,
519b50d902SRodney W. Grimesor from standard input if no file
529b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis given.
539b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
54bf42b54cSRuslan ErmilovThere must be an even number of nodes in the input.
55bf42b54cSRuslan ErmilovNode names specified on the same line should be white space separated.
569b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
579b50d902SRodney W. GrimesPresence of a node in a graph can be represented by an arc from the node
589b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto itself.
599b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThis is useful when a node is not connected to any other nodes.
609b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
619b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf the graph contains a cycle (and therefore cannot be properly sorted),
629b50d902SRodney W. Grimesone of the arcs in the cycle is ignored and the sort continues.
639b50d902SRodney W. GrimesCycles are reported on standard error.
649b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
659b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe options are as follows:
66bf42b54cSRuslan Ermilov.Bl -tag -width indent
678cd68930SPoul-Henning Kamp.It Fl d
688cd68930SPoul-Henning KampTurn on debugging.
699b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl l
709b50d902SRodney W. GrimesSearch for and display the longest cycle.
719b50d902SRodney W. GrimesCan take a very long time.
728566830bSJordan K. Hubbard.It Fl q
736a3e8b0aSRuslan ErmilovDo not display informational messages about cycles.
746a3e8b0aSRuslan ErmilovThis is primarily
758566830bSJordan K. Hubbardintended for building libraries, where optimal ordering is not critical,
768566830bSJordan K. Hubbardand cycles occur often.
779b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El
789b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
799b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr ar 1
809b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
81bf42b54cSRuslan ErmilovThe
829b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm
839b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand appeared in
849b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.At v7 .
859b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThis
860e879078SPhilippe Charnier.Nm
879b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand and manual page are derived from sources contributed to Berkeley by
88bf42b54cSRuslan Ermilov.An Michael Rendell
89bf42b54cSRuslan Ermilovof Memorial University of Newfoundland.
904f45d811STim J. Robbins.Sh BUGS
914f45d811STim J. RobbinsThe
924f45d811STim J. Robbins.Nm
934f45d811STim J. Robbinsutility does not recognize multibyte characters.
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