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.TH NINJA "1" "September 2023" "ninja 1.11.1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
ninja - small build system closest in spirit to Make
.SH DESCRIPTION
usage: ninja [options] [targets...]
.PP
if targets are unspecified, builds the 'default' target (see manual).
.SS "options:"
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
print ninja version ("1.11.1")
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
show all command lines while building
.TP
\fB\-\-quiet\fR
don't show progress status, just command output
.TP
\fB\-C\fR DIR
change to DIR before doing anything else
.TP
\fB\-f\fR FILE
specify input build file [default=build.ninja]
.TP
\fB\-j\fR N
run N jobs in parallel (0 means infinity) [default=#CPUs]
.TP
\fB\-k\fR N
keep going until N jobs fail (0 means infinity) [default=1]
.TP
\fB\-l\fR N
do not start new jobs if the load average is greater than N
.TP
\fB\-n\fR
dry run (don't run commands but act like they succeeded)
.TP
\fB\-d\fR MODE
enable debugging (use '\-d list' to list modes)
.TP
\fB\-t\fR TOOL
run a subtool (use '\-t list' to list subtools)
.IP
terminates toplevel options; further flags are passed to the tool
.TP
\fB\-w\fR FLAG
adjust warnings (use '\-w list' to list warnings)
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Gary Kramlich <grim@reaperworld.com> for the
Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).