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ACYCLIC(1)		    General Commands Manual		    ACYCLIC(1)

NAME
       acyclic - make directed graph acyclic

SYNOPSIS
       acyclic [ -nv?  ] [ -o outfile ]	[ file ]

DESCRIPTION
       acyclic	is a filter that takes a directed graph	as input and outputs a
       copy of the graph with sufficient edges	reversed  to  make  the	 graph
       acyclic.	The reversed edge inherits all of the attributes of the	origi-
       nal edge. The optional file argument specifies where the	input graph is
       stored; by default, the program reads from stdin.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -n     No  output  is  produced,	 though	the return value will indicate
	      whether the graph	is acyclic or not.

       -v     Print information	about whether the file is acyclic, has a cycle
	      or is undirected.

       -o outfile
	      causes the output	to be written to the specified	file;  by  de-
	      fault, output is written to stdout.

       -?     option causes the	program	to print usage information.

RETURN CODES
       acyclic	returns	0 if the graph is acyclic; 1 if	the graph has a	cycle;
       2 if the	graph is undirected; and 255 if	there are any errors.

BUGS
       If the graph is strict and there	is a cycle of length 2,	the attributes
       of the reversed edge are	lost.

       Some edge attributes are	non-symmetric, referring to either the head or
       tail node. At present, there is no mechanism  or	 convention  for  cor-
       rectly switching	or renaming these.

AUTHORS
       Stephen C. North	<north@research.att.com>
       Emden R.	Gansner	<erg@research.att.com>

SEE ALSO
       gc(1), dot(1), gvpr(1), gvcolor(1), ccomps(1), sccmap(1), tred(1), lib-
       graph(3)

				 21 March 2001			    ACYCLIC(1)

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