---
name: "ggrapher"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "geneagrapher"
version: "2.0.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ggrapher"
---

# ggrapher(1)

Mathematical Genealogy Grapher

## NAME

ggrapher - Mathematical Genealogy Grapher

## SYNOPSIS

ggrapher \[-h\] \[--version\] \[-f FILE\] \[-a\] \[-d\] \[--disable-cache\] \[--cache-file FILE\] \[-v\] ID \[ID ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

Create a Graphviz "dot" file for a mathematics genealogy, where ID is a record identifier from the Mathematics Genealogy Project. Multiple IDs may be passed.

## OPTIONS

### positional arguments:

- ID

  mathematician record ID

### optional arguments:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show help message and exit

- **--version**

  show program's version number and exit

- **-f** FILE, **--file** FILE

  write output to FILE \[default: stdout\]

- **-a**, **--with-ancestors**

  retrieve ancestors of IDs and include in graph

- **-d**, **--with-descendants**

  retrieve descendants of IDs and include in graph

- **--disable-cache**

  do not store records in local cache

- **--cache-file** FILE

  write cache to FILE \[default: geneacache\]

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  list nodes being retrieved

## AUTHOR

ggrapher was written by David Alber \<alber.david@gmail.com\>.

This manual page was written by Doug Torrance \<dtorrance@piedmont.edu\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).