gdump(1)

💖 NAME 💖

gdump — bestie, this one dumps the contents of a source graph as a source code. like, it literally hands you back C code. no cap.

ok so quick vibe check before we dive in: this is from the Scotch user's manual, and the page you're reading is gdump(1). manifesting that you read the whole thing 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

gdump [options] [igfile] [ocfile]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea ☕ — the gdump program lets you create a source code that's equivalent to the loading of a centralized source graph. the contents of that source graph get represented as data arrays, and those arrays are assembled by calling the SCOTCH_graphBuild routine of the libScotch library.

it's giving "here's your graph, but as code you can compile." iconic behavior, honestly.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -bbase — sets the base value of the graph that the source code describes. yes bestie, the base. you pick it. 👑
• -h — displays some help. the classic "help me pls" button 🫶
• -pprefix — sets the prefix that gets added to all array names and to the graph building function name. so like, everything gets a little name tag. cute.
• -ssuffix — sets the suffix that gets added to all array names and to the graph building function name. matching set with the prefix, periodt 💅
• -V — displays program version and copyright. the receipts, basically 🧾

🌸 EXAMPLE 🌸

say you wanna create a source C file brol.c that corresponds to graph brol.grf, with the identifier and creation function name suffix _brol. the way you do that:

$ gdump -s_brol brol.grf brol.c

slay. look at that suffix doing its little job. 🦋

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• gtst(1).
• Scotch user's manual.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Francois Pellegrini <francois.pellegrini@labri.fr>

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🫶 this was the gdump(1) page from the Scotch user's manual, dated 23 November 2019 — tysm for reading, go dump some graphs, mwah 💖✨🎀