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| author | Peter Collingbourne <peter@pcc.me.uk> | 2014-01-30 05:57:58 (GMT) |
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| committer | Peter Collingbourne <peter@pcc.me.uk> | 2014-02-03 05:20:01 (GMT) |
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Introduce the "console" pool
This is a pre-defined pool with a depth of 1. It has the special property
that any task in the pool has direct access to the console. This can be
useful for interactive tasks or long-running tasks which produce status
updates on the console (such as test suites).
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diff --git a/doc/manual.asciidoc b/doc/manual.asciidoc index 67fcbfd..5b0c1fe 100644 --- a/doc/manual.asciidoc +++ b/doc/manual.asciidoc @@ -648,6 +648,23 @@ build heavy_object2.obj: cc heavy_obj2.cc ---------------- +The `console` pool +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +_Available since Ninja 1.5._ + +There exists a pre-defined pool named `console` with a depth of 1. It has +the special property that any task in the pool has direct access to the +standard input, output and error streams provided to Ninja, which are +normally connected to the user's console (hence the name) but could be +redirected. This can be useful for interactive tasks or long-running tasks +which produce status updates on the console (such as test suites). + +While a task in the `console` pool is running, Ninja's regular output (such +as progress status and output from concurrent tasks) is buffered until +it completes. + +This feature is not yet available on Windows. Ninja file reference -------------------- |