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author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000 |
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committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000 |
commit | d6583bb2a13f329cf0332ef2570eb8bb8fc0e39c (patch) | |
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diff --git a/usr.bin/tsort/tsort.1 b/usr.bin/tsort/tsort.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..cc01ace8789 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/tsort/tsort.1 @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: tsort.1,v 1.5 1994/12/07 01:06:24 jtc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This manual is derived from one contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Michael Rendell of Memorial University of Newfoundland. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)tsort.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/1/94 +.\" +.Dd April 1, 1994 +.Dt TSORT 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm tsort +.Nd topological sort of a directed graph +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm tsort +.Op Fl l +.Op Ar file +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Tsort +takes a list of pairs of node names representing directed arcs in +a graph and prints the nodes in topological order on standard output. +Input is taken from the named +.Ar file , +or from standard input if no file +is given. +.Pp +Node names in the input are separated by white space and there must +be an even number of node pairs. +.Pp +Presence of a node in a graph can be represented by an arc from the node +to itself. +This is useful when a node is not connected to any other nodes. +.Pp +If the graph contains a cycle (and therefore cannot be properly sorted), +one of the arcs in the cycle is ignored and the sort continues. +Cycles are reported on standard error. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl l +Search for and display the longest cycle. +Can take a very long time. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ar 1 +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +command appeared in +.At v7 . +This +.Nm tsort +command and manual page are derived from sources contributed to Berkeley by +Michael Rendell of Memorial University of Newfoundland. |