I was excited to get to use the graph library for a dependency tracking tool we needed, now I have a feature that I don't know how to do. This is mapping library/executable dependencies and we have a lot of apps with common sub-libraries. I'd like to extract a full-rebuild order for only certain nodes, i.e. what libs do I need to build for apps A and B? Since its a DAG, I thought something about reachability, perhaps? I'm not too familiar with graph theory :(

Okay, so I solved that one with using a "depends on" relationship rather than "used by", then used a breadth_first_search. Now I have a tougher question, maybe I'll get an answer this time :). I'm trying to make my graphviz representation look nicer and I was wondering if there is an algorithm already for simplifying: -----B\ A--< \ --------C to: A---B---C of course this is happening on a much larger scale. Thanks for any input you might have, Tom pardon the disclaimer... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: Information contained in this message and/or attachment(s) may contain confidential information of Zetec, Inc. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender by return email. -----------------------------------------------------------------------