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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-05-29 14:02:09 (GMT)
committerKitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>2018-05-29 14:05:09 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'parallel_build_option'
1ab3881ec9 cmake: Add options for parallel builds to --build mode Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Acked-by: Henry Schreiner <henryschreineriii@gmail.com> Merge-request: !1962
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diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-env-variables.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-env-variables.7.rst
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+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-env-variables.7.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Environment Variables that Control the Build
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
+ /envvar/CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL
/envvar/CMAKE_CONFIG_TYPE
/envvar/CMAKE_MSVCIDE_RUN_PATH
/envvar/CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
index 577d321..177acd4 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ following options:
``--build <dir>``
Project binary directory to be built. This is required and must be first.
+``-j [<jobs>], --parallel [<jobs>]``
+ The maximum number of concurrent processes to use when building.
+ If ``<jobs>`` is omitted the native build tool's default number is used.
+
+ The :envvar:`CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL` environment variable, if set,
+ specifies a default parallel level when this option is not given.
+
``--target <tgt>``
Build ``<tgt>`` instead of default targets. May only be specified once.