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NAME

       gvpack - merge and pack disjoint graphs

SYNOPSIS

       gvpack  [ -nguv?  ] [ -mmargin ] [ -ooutfile ] [ -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
       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.

       -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.

       -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.dot  |  dot  | gvpack | neato -s -n2 -Tps This pipeline
       decomposes the graph in abc.dot 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
       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)

                                 8 April 2003