NINJA

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: September 2022
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NAME

ninja - small build system closest in spirit to Make  

DESCRIPTION

usage: ninja [options] [targets...]

if targets are unspecified, builds the 'default' target (see manual).  

options:

--version
print ninja version ("1.11.1")
-v, --verbose
show all command lines while building
--quiet
don't show progress status, just command output
-C DIR
change to DIR before doing anything else
-f FILE
specify input build file [default=build.ninja]
-j N
run N jobs in parallel (0 means infinity) [default=#CPUs]
-k N
keep going until N jobs fail (0 means infinity) [default=1]
-l N
do not start new jobs if the load average is greater than N
-n
dry run (don't run commands but act like they succeeded)
-d MODE
enable debugging (use '-d list' to list modes)
-t TOOL
run a subtool (use '-t list' to list subtools)
terminates toplevel options; further flags are passed to the tool
-w FLAG
adjust warnings (use '-w list' to list warnings)
 

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Gary Kramlich <grim@reaperworld.com> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).


 

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