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GVPACK(1)		    General Commands Manual		     GVPACK(1)

NAME
       gvpack -	merge and pack disjoint	graphs

SYNOPSIS
       gvpack  [  -nguv?   ]  [	 -mmargin  ]  [	 -arrayopts  ] [ -ooutfile ] [
       -sgraph_name ] [	-Gname=value ] [ files ]

DESCRIPTION
       gvpack reads in a stream	of graphs, combines the	graphs into  a	single
       layout,	and  produces a	single graph serving as	the union of the input
       graphs. The input graphs	must be	in dot format, and must	have all  nec-
       essary  layout  information. Acceptable input is	produced by applying a
       Graphviz	layout program,	such as	dot or neato, with no -T flag.

       By default, the packing is done at the cluster level.  Thus,  parts  of
       one  graph  will	not intrude into any top-level clusters	or overlap any
       nodes or	edges of another.

       The output of gvpack can	be used	to produce concrete output by applying
       neato -s	-n2 with the desired -T	flag.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -g     Combines the graphs at the graph level. This  uses  more	space,
	      but  prevents parts of one graph from occurring between parts of
	      another.

       -array[_flags][n]
	      Combines the graphs at the graph level, placing them in  an  ar-
	      ray.   By	 default,  the	layout is done in row-major order. The
	      number of	columns	used is	roughly	the square root	of the	number
	      of graphs. If the	optional integer n is supplied,	this indicates
	      the number of columns to use.

       If optional flags are supplied, these consist of	an underscore followed
	      by  any  of the letters "c", "t",	"b", "l", "r", "u" or "i".  If
	      "c" is supplied, the graphs are packed in	column-major order, in
	      which case a final integer specifies the number  of  rows.   The
	      flags  "t",  "b",	 "l", "r" indicate that	components are aligned
	      along the	top, bottom, left or right, respectively.  By default,
	      the insertion order is determined	by sorting the graphs by size,
	      largest to smallest. If the "u" flag  is	set,  the  graphs  are
	      sorted  based  on	 the  non-negative integer sortv attribute at-
	      tached to	each graph.  The "i" flag indicates that no sorting is
	      done, with the graphs inserted in	input order.

       -Gname=value
	      Specifies	attributes to be added to the resulting	 union	graph.
	      For example, this	can be used to specify a graph label.

       -mmargin
	      Packs  the  graphs allowing a margin of output points around the
	      parts.

       -n     Combines the graphs at the node level. Clusters are  ignored  in
	      the packing.

       -ooutput
	      Prints output to the file	output.	If not given, gvpack uses std-
	      out.

       -sgraph_name
	      Use graph_name as	the name of the	root graph. By default,	"root"
	      is used.

       -u     Don't pack the graphs. Just combine them into a single graph.

       -v     Verbose mode.

       -?     Prints usage information and exit.

OPERANDS
       The following operand is	supported:

       files   Names  of  files	containing 1 or	more graphs in dot format.  If
	       no files	operand	is specified, the standard input will be used.

RETURN CODES
       gvpack returns 0	if there were no problems, and non-zero	otherwise.

EXAMPLES
       ccomps -x abc.gv	| dot |	gvpack | neato -s -n2 -Tps
       This pipeline decomposes	the graph in abc.gv into its connected	compo-
       nents, lays out each using dot, packs them all together again, and pro-
       duces  the  final drawing in PostScript.	Of course, there is nothing to
       prevent one from	using different	layouts	for each component.

BUGS
       All the input graphs must be directed or	undirected.

       An input	graph should not have a	label, since this will be used in  its
       layout.	Since  gvpack  ignores root graph labels, resulting layout may
       contain some extra space.

       gvpack unsets the bounding box attribute	of all non-cluster subgraphs.

AUTHORS
       Emden R.	Gansner	<erg@research.att.com>

SEE ALSO
       gvpr(1),	dot(1),	neato(1), twopi(1), ccomps(1), libpack(3)

				  27 May 2010			     GVPACK(1)

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