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| author | Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io> | 2017-09-13 15:31:49 +0200 |
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| committer | Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io> | 2017-09-14 06:34:56 +0000 |
| commit | cf569c1e30da4523a42d7070e5cc30c6f4f5abcb (patch) | |
| tree | 3d7e7af0357ec490cf13f11d98d896c98797a06b /doc | |
| parent | 2b6e21c2931fb889538b07c12308f08fbf604613 (diff) | |
Doc: Describe the concurrent jobs (-j) option for building applications
Change-Id: Iaa2d97d9c2cda7ccd435124a916f558486bb8d80
Reviewed-by: Jake Petroules <jake.petroules@qt.io>
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/qbs.qdoc | 24 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/qbs.qdoc b/doc/qbs.qdoc index 9e91769b1..3185053ca 100644 --- a/doc/qbs.qdoc +++ b/doc/qbs.qdoc @@ -1075,11 +1075,29 @@ qbs \endcode + By default, \QBS uses all the CPU cores available to achieve maximum build + parallelization. To explicitly specify the number of concurrent jobs, use + the \c -j option. For example, to run 4 concurrent jobs, enter the following + command: + + \code + qbs -j4 + \endcode + The application is built using the default build profile that is set up in your \QBS configuration. - To build with other profiles, specify options for the build - command. For example, to build debug and release configurations with a - profile named "Android", enter the following command: + + You can use the \c config command to set the max number of jobs per profile. + For example, to set four jobs as the default option for a profile named + \e Android, enter the following command: + + \code + qbs config profiles.Android.preferences.jobs 4 + \endcode + + To build with other profiles than the default one, specify options for the + build command. For example, to build debug and release configurations with + the \e Android profile, enter the following command: \code qbs build profile:Android debug release |