ninja(1)

ninja - small build system closest in spirit to Make

Section 1 ninja-build bookworm source

Description

NINJA

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).