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reorgtool(1) User Commands reorgtool(1)

NAME
reorgtool – general-purpose reorganizer

SYNOPSIS
reorgtool [ -r ] [ -v ] [ -n ] [ -r ] [ -R ] [ -t ] [ -l ] [ -e ]

DESCRIPTION

reorgtool is an interactive, windows-based high performance user
application for use by company Presidents and Vice-Presidents. It allows
most of the overhead involved in a reorganization to be taken out of the
hands of the invoking manager (and out of everyone else’s hands as well).

At the present time reorgtool only runs under Motif since suitable
libraries were not available due to the last reorganization. As a result
the program can only be invoked from the command line.

OPTIONS

-n Normal mode. In Normal Mode reorgtool does not provide any
information to staff being reorganized. This is the default mode.

-v Verbose mode. Approximately twice as much information is supplied
to reorganized staff as in normal mode.

-f Feedback mode. In this mode reorgtool will not respond to feedback
from reorganized staff. This can adversely affect the operation of
mailtool.

-r Resume mode. While reorgtool is running, or after its successful
completion, resumes are automatically generated for reorganized staff.
Should reorgtool fail in operation a resume is automatically
generated for the user who invoked reorgtool.

-R Randomize. This mode requires no input on the part of the user who
invokes reorgtool. Produces a random reorganization chart,
presentation slides and confusing mail messages as output.

-t Timer. If not invoked manually, this option allows reorgtool to
run periodically in automatic mode. The default period between
reorganizations is pseudo-random but has a value between 3 months
and 1 year.

-l Looping option. (This should be called the recursive option but there
are no more possibilities for “r” options). This option allows
reorgtool to recursively invoke itself leading to a reorganization
which in turn will require another reorganization to reorganize
itself. This will in turn generate a futher reorganization. The
default setting is for the number of recursions is 2, which is
calculated to be (n+1) where n is the number of reorganizations which
can be understood simultaneously by a VP.

-e Everthing mode. Reorganize everything (no undo). This mode is
intended to increase the ease-of-use by reduced thinking time.

FILES
/dev/null

SEE ALSO
reorg(1), resume(1), resign(1), leak(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
reorgtool provides no feedback in the case of an error.

BUGS
Occasionally reorgtool does provide feedback to reorganized staff. This
happens infrequently in normal usage and is usually the result of a
memory leak in the reorgtool user.