NAME

       GAP - Groups, Algorithms and Programming

SYNOPSIS

       gap [OPTIONS] [FILES]

DESCRIPTION

       GAP  is  a  system  for  computational  discrete  algebra,  with  particular  emphasis  on
       Computational Group Theory. GAP provides a programming language, a library of thousands of
       functions  implementing  algebraic algorithms written in the GAP language as well as large
       data libraries of algebraic objects. GAP is used in research  and  teaching  for  studying
       groups   and   their   representations,  rings,  vector  spaces,  algebras,  combinatorial
       structures, and more.

       -h, --help
              print this help and exit

       -b, --banner
              disable/enable the banner

       -q, --quiet
              enable/disable quiet mode

       -e     disable/enable quitting on <ctr>-D

       -f     force line editing

       -n     prevent line editing

       -E, --readline
              disable/enable use of readline library (if possible)

       -x, --width
              <num>     set line width

       -y, --lines
              <num>     set number of lines

       -g, --gasinfo
              show GASMAN messages (full/all/no garbage collections)

       -m, --minworkspace <mem>
              set the initial workspace size

       -o, --maxworkspace <mem>
              set hint for maximal workspace size (GAP may allocate more)

       -K, --limitworkspace <mem>
              set maximal workspace size (GAP never allocates more)

       -c     <mem>     set the cache size value

       -s     <mem      set the initially mapped virtual memory

       -a     <mem>     set amount to pre-malloc-ate postfix 'k' = *1024, 'm' = *1024*1024, 'g' =
              *1024*1024*1024

       -l, --roots
              <paths>    set the GAP root paths Directories are separated using ';'.  Putting ';'
              on the start/end of list appends directories to the end/start of existing  list  of
              root paths

       -r     disable/enable user GAP root dir GAPInfo.UserGapRoot

       -A     disable/enable autoloading of suggested GAP packages

       -B     <name>    current architecture

       -D     enable/disable debugging the loading of files

       -M     disable/enable loading of compiled modules

       -N     unused, for backward compatibility only

       -O     disable/enable loading of obsolete files

       -X     enable/disable CRC checking for compiled modules

       -T     disable/enable break loop

       -i     <file>    change the name of the init file

       -L     <file>    restore a saved workspace

       -R     prevent restoring of workspace (ignoring -L)

       -p     enable/disable package output mode

       --prof <file>    Run ProfileLineByLine(<filename>) on GAP start

       --cover
              <file>    Run CoverageLineByLine(<filename>) on GAP start

              Boolean  options  (b,q,e,r,A,D,E,M,N,T,X,Y) toggle the current value each time they
              are called. Default actions are indicated first.

AUTHORS

       The GAP Group <http://www.gap-system.org>

COPYRIGHT

            Copyright (1987--2016) by the GAP Group,

            GAP  is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the  terms   of
       the   GNU  General  Public  License as published by the Free Software  Foundation;  either
       version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any  later  version.

SEE ALSO

       gac(1) update-gap-workspace(1)

       You can read the complete manual in /usr/share/gap/doc or you  can  use  the  online  help
       system. Type ?help inside GAP to access it.  Type

       ?Reference: options!under UNIX

       to access the full documentation of options.