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.

polymake 4.3                                      January 2021                                       POLYMAKE(1)