From owner-freebsd-current Fri Mar 13 08:27:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA19492 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 08:27:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from echonyc.com (echonyc.com [198.67.15.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA19478 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 08:27:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from benedict@echonyc.com) Received: from localhost (benedict@localhost) by echonyc.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA17076; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 11:27:07 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 11:27:06 -0500 (EST) From: Snob Art Genre To: freebsd@isvara.net cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make world -j 4 In-Reply-To: <3509596C.AEB9AE62@challenge.isvara.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >From the man page: -j max_jobs Specify the maximum number of jobs that make may have running at any one time. Turns compatibility mode off, unless the B flag is also specified. *thwack* On Fri, 13 Mar 1998 freebsd@isvara.net wrote: > Hi, > what does the '-j 4' do for make world? > I've seen -j 3, etc. What differences are there? > > Dan > > _____________________________________ > Daniel J Blueman > BSc Computation, UMIST, Manchester > Email: blue@challenge.isvara.net > Web: http://www.challenge.isvara.net/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message