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Manual Reference Pages  - ndrio (n)

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NAME

ndrio - conversion tool for Petri nets and Time Petri nets

Part of Tina Toolbox for analysis of Petri nets and Time Petri nets.

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ndrio [-help]
[-NET | -NDR | -PNML | -TPN]
[-net | -ndr | -pnml | -tpn | -pnt | -romeo | -lola | -nupn]
[-graphplace | -dot | -neato | -circo | -textify]
[-no-nupn] [-ren] [-d] [-rev]
[infile] [outfile] [errorfile]

ndrio converts Petri nets and Time Petri nets between several, graphic or textual, formats. ndrio handles tina labels, delay intervals associated with transitions, generalized inhibitor and read (test) arcs, generalized stopwatch-inhibitor and stopwatch arcs, and priorities. The features not supported by the target format are silently omitted. The formats manipulated are the following:

name            extension       description
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net             .net          tina textual format
ndr             .ndr          tina graphic format (produced by nd)
tpn             .tpn          tina textual scripts format
pnml            .pnml         Petri Net Markup Language format
                                (with or without graphics)
pnt             .pnt          INA format
                                (if the net is timed, the intervals
                                 are saved into a companion .tim file)
romeo           .romeo        romeo format (without graphics)
lola            .lola         LoLA format (unstructured)
nupn            .nupn         CADP nupn format

The conversions currently supported are the following:

from            to
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net             ndr, tpn, pnml, pnt, romeo, lola, nupn
ndr             net, tpn, pnml, pnt, romeo, lola, nupn
tpn             net, ndr, pnml, pnt, romeo, lola, nupn
pnml            net, ndr, tpn, pnml, pnt, romeo, lola, nupn

-help	Recalls options.
Input format flags:
-NET | -NDR | -PNML | -TPN
	Specifies the format of the input net. This flag is necessary when the input net is read on standard input, or read from a file that does not bear the expected extension. Default is -NET.
Output format flags:
-net | -ndr | -pnml | -tpn | -pnt | -romeo | -lola | -nupn
	Specifies the format of the output net. This flag is necessary when the output net is written on standard output, or into a file that does not bear the expected extension. Export to romeo and lola is preliminary. The graphic information, if any, is currently not exported to romeo. Also, the user should make sure the place and transition names used in the input file are legal romeo or lola names; ndrio does not attempt to convert them (consider passing options -r -d, in addition). Export to nupn converts pnml format, with or without nupn units descriptions, to CADP nupn format. If the input file format is not pnml, or there are no unit descriptions in the file, or if option -no-nupn is passed, outputs a file in nupn format in which all units are trivial (each contains a single place). In all cases, the input net is assumed safe.
Drawing options:
-graphplace | -dot | -neato | -circo
	Specify a placement filter for nodes. Necessary when converting from a graphics-free format into .ndr; optional when converting into .pnml (graphics information is only generated if some filter is specified). When converting from a graphic format, the original placement information is always retained, whatever the tool specified.
Textifying option:
-textify	Removes any graphics information from the input file when graphics is supported but optional in the output format.
Other flags:
-no-nupn	If the input file is in pnml format, forget any nupn units descriptions in it.
-ren | -r	Renames places and transitions with integers prefixed by "p" and "t", respectively. Old names become labels.
-d	Drops all labels of places and transitions.
-rev	Reverses the direction of normal edges (inhibitor, read, stopwatch, stopwatch-inhibitor and priority edges are unchanged).
Input source:
infile	Where the net is read. The input format is determined by the file type, according to the table above. If absent or specified by "-", the net is read on standard input in the format specified by the input flag. If both an infile and some input flag are present, then the format defined by the input flag supersedes that determined by the infile extension.
Output destination:
outfile
	Where the net is written. The output format is determined by the file type, according to the table above. If absent or specified by "-", then the net is written on standard output in the format specified by the output flag. If both an outfile and some output flag are present, then the format defined by the output flag supersedes that determined by the outfile extension.
Errors destination:
errorfile
	Where error messages are written. By default, errors are printed on standard error.

ndrio abp.net abp.pnml
ndrio abp.ndr abp.net
ndrio -NDR -pnml -neato < abp.ndr > abp.pnml
ndrio abp.ndr -NET
ndrio abp.ndr abp.pnt

nd(n), tina(n), plan(n), struct(n), ktzio(n), tedd(n), selt(n), sift(n), muse(n), pathto(n), play(n), walk(n), reduce(n), formats(n)

Bernard Berthomieu, with contributions by Florent Peres, LAAS/CNRS, 2000-2021, Bernard.Berthomieu@laas.fr.