---
name: "botch-print-stats"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "botch"
version: "0.24-6+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/botch-print-stats"
---

# botch-print-stats(1)

find cycles, selfcycles, amount of cycles through edges, feedback arc and vertex set, strong articulation points and bridges

## NAME

botch-print-stats - find cycles, selfcycles, amount of cycles through edges, feedback arc and vertex set, strong articulation points and bridges

## SYNOPSIS

- **botch-print-stats** \[options\] *buildgraph.xml* *srcgraph.xml* *Packages* *Sources*

  ## DESCRIPTION

Output statistics about the graphs in JSON format on standard output.

## OPTIONS

- **--version**

  show program's version and exit

- **-h, --help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-v, --verbose**

  print additional information

- **--quiet**

  do no print any messages

- **--max-length=***INT*

  maximum length of found cycles (default=2)

- **--max-length-fas=***INT*

  maximum length of found cycles for fas search (default=4)

- **--remove-weak=***FILE*

  path to list of weak build dependencies

- **--sapsb**

  calculate strong articulation points and strong bridges

- **--remove-reduced=***FILES*

  remove droppable build dependencies supplied by comma separated list of reduced dep files.

- **-A, --available=***FILE*

  List of available packages (arch:all, crossed...) in control file format

- **--deb-drop-b-d-indep**

  Drop Build-Depends-Indep dependencies

- **--deb-drop-b-d-arch**

  Drop Build-Depends-Arch dependencies

- **--allowsrcmismatch**

  If a binary package is without a source package but there is a source package of same name but different version, match this binary package to that source package.

- **--fg=***PKGS*

  Additional Packages lists that are checked and used for resolving dependencies (can be repeated)

- **--bg=***PKGS*

  Additional Packages lists that are NOT checked but used for resolving dependencies (can be repeated)

- **--deb-native-arch=***ARCH*

  Native architecture *ARCH*

- **--deb-host-arch=***arch*

  Host architecture *arch*. Defaults to native architecture.

- **--deb-foreign-archs=***archs*

  Comma-separated foreign architectures in addition to native and host architectures.

## BUGS

See \<http://bugs.debian.org/botch\>.

## SEE ALSO

Debian doc-base Manual */usr/share/doc/botch/wiki/Home.html*

## AUTHOR

This man page was written by Johannes Schauer. Botch is written by Johannes Schauer and Pietro Abate.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2012-2014 Johannes Schauer, Pietro Abate

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. A special linking exception to the GNU Lesser General Public License applies to this library, see the COPYING file for more information.