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diff --git a/util/sbase/tsort.1 b/util/sbase/tsort.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b2e0c6ae --- /dev/null +++ b/util/sbase/tsort.1 @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +.Dd February 16, 2016 +.Dt TSORT 1 +.Os sbase +.Sh NAME +.Nm tsort +.Nd topological sort +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Ar file +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +topologically sorts a graph. +The graph is read either from +.Ar file +or from standard input. +The result is not optimized for any particular usage. +Loops are detected and reported to standard error, but does not stop the +sort. +.Pp +The input is a list of edges (vertex pairs), where +the edge is directed from the first vertex to the +second vertex. +.Sh OPTIONS +None. +.Sh EXIT STATUS +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It 0 +The graph as successfully sorted. +.It 1 +The graph as successfully sorted, but contained loops. +.It > 1 +An error occurred. +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +.Bd -literal -offset left +The input + + a a + a b + a c + a c + a d + b c + c b + e f + +or equivalently + + a a a b a c a c a d + b c c b e f + +represents the graph + + ┌─┐ + ↓ │ + ┏━━━┓ + ┌──────┃ a ┃──────┐ + │ ┗━━━┛ │ + │ │ │ │ + ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ + ┏━━━┓───→┏━━━┓ ┏━━━┓ + ┃ b ┃ ┃ c ┃ ┃ d ┃ + ┗━━━┛←───┗━━━┛ ┗━━━┛ + + ┏━━━┓ ┏━━━┓ + ┃ e ┃───→┃ f ┃ + ┗━━━┛ ┗━━━┛ +.Ed +.Sh STANDARDS +POSIX.1-2013. |