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make -j level

make -j level

Posted Dec 10, 2010 20:59 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)
In reply to: Interactive versus batch processes by nix
Parent article: Group scheduling and alternatives

And if you have an exceptionally slow filesystem, also multiply by the expansion factor (single thread total time / CPU time). One one system I use, with a single CPU, I found -j6 gave minimum elapsed time.


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