NAME

       polymake - tool for algorithmic treatment of polytopes and polyhedra

SYNOPSIS

       polymake [-dv] [-A|-a application] [--reconfigure]
                [--config-path filename|user[=directory]]
                [--no-config] [--ignore-config]
                [--script|--iscript [application::]script_file arguments ...]
                [--touch data_file [ data_file ... ]]
                [-]

DESCRIPTION

       polymake  is  open  source  software  for  research  in polyhedral geometry. It deals with
       polytopes, polyhedra, and fans as well as simplicial complexes, matroids, graphs, tropical
       hypersurfaces,  and various other objects.  When called without arguments it will start an
       interactive shell, use help; for a very short introduction.

ARGUMENTS

       --help print help text and exit.

       --version
              print the version number, copyright notice, and exit.

       [application::]script_file
              execute the perl script in the file.  If an application prefix is  specified,  this
              application is loaded and the script file is looked up in its script directory.

       --script [application::]script_file arguments ...
              execute the perl script in the file, passing the arguments in @ARGV.

       --iscript [application::]script_file arguments ...
              execute  the  perl  script  in  the  file,  which may contain interactive commands,
              passing the arguments in @ARGV.

       'script text'
              interpret the string as an inline polymake/perl script.

       -      read and execute the commands from the standard input.  standard output  and  error
              streams are not redirected.

       --touch data_file [ data_file ... ]
              read  the  files  and  write  them out; useful for converting from earlier polymake
              versions

OPTIONS

       -A application_name
              start   with   this   application,   ignoring    the    $default_application    and
              @start_applications settings.

       -a application_name
              start  with  this application, ignoring the $default_application but in contrast to
              -A, load everything in @start_applications.

       -d     produce some debug output; can be repeated to increase the debug level.

       -v     tell what's going on; can be repeated to increase the verbosity level.  This is  an
              obsolete  option,  please  use  custom  variables $Verbose::* to gain more detailed
              control.

       --reconfigure
              rerun the autoconfiguration sections in all rule files.

       --config-path settings_file
              Import settings from a global configuration file.   Several  --config-path  options
              are allowed, later instances have higher priority.

       --config-path user[=config_directory]
              Specify  the location of user's private settings, by default it's ~/.polymake which
              may  be  overridden  via  POLYMAKE_USER_DIR  environment  variable.    All   global
              --config-path imports must precede this option.

       --no-config
              Don't  read  any  configuration  files, don't try to configure rules automatically,
              don't   load   rule   files   requiring    auto-configuration.     Equivalent    to
              --config-path=none.

       --ignore-config
              Don't  read  any  configuration files, skip auto-configuration routines in the rule
              files.  Equivalent to --config-path=ignore.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 1997-2021 Ewgenij Gawrilow, Michael Joswig, and the polymake team
       Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
       https://polymake.org

       This is free software licensed under GPL; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.