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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 lay-
     out, 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 necessary 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 array.
	    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 or-
	    der is determined by sorting the graphs by size, largest  to  small-
	    est. If the "u" flag is set, the graphs are sorted based on the non-
	    negative  integer  sortv  attribute attached 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 stdout.

     -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 components,
     lays out each using dot, packs them all together again,  and  produces  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 lay-
     out. 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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