Man page - ninja(1)

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ninja - small build system closest in spirit to Make

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

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

--version

print ninja version ("1.12.1")

-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)

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