11-12-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by
purdym
What OS are you using? AFAIK, most don't support long options. ie -ab.
I am sorry I would have put OS earlier: Linux 2.6.9-67.ELsmp.
Thank you for your quick response.
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blockdiag
BLOCKDIAG(1) General Commands Manual BLOCKDIAG(1)
NAME
blockdiag - generate block-diagram image file from spec-text file.
SYNOPSIS
blockdiag [options] file
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the blockdiag commands.
blockdiag is a program that generate block-diagram image file from spec-text file.
OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is
included below. For a complete description, see the SEE ALSO.
--version
show program's version number and exit
-h, --help
Show summary of options
-a, --antialias
Pass diagram image to anti-alias filter
-c FILE, --config=FILE
read configurations from FILE
-o FILE
write diagram to FILE
-f FONT, --font=FONT
use FONT to draw diagram
--fontmap=FONT
use FONTMAP file to draw diagram
-s, --separate
Separate diagram images for each group
-T TYPE
Output diagram as TYPE format
--nodoctype
Do not output doctype definition tags (SVG only)
--no-transparency
do not make transparent background of diagram (PNG only)
SEE ALSO
The programs are documented fully by
http://tk0miya.bitbucket.org/blockdiag/build/html/index.html
AUTHOR
blockdiag was written by Takeshi Komiya <i.tkomiya@gmail.com>
This manual page was written by Kouhei Maeda <mkouhei@palmtb.net>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
May 9, 2011 BLOCKDIAG(1)