rlt2562
The Wizard of Speed and Time
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Haughton, LA | reply to pablo2525
Re: The Rig
I'm just barely a very low-level geek. make -j8? I only understand the 'make' command.
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pablo2525
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Sorry to be so cryptic. `make' is used to create a `target' from a user-defined set of rules. `make' is typically used to compile a program. However, you can also think of taking .html and compiling it into .txt (say, using lynx). And you could use `make' for this task.
The `-j' option to `make' instructs it to create multiple parallel `jobs' Suppose you had 30 `c' programs which make up a library, you could compile up to `-j 8' (eight) simultaneously. When one is done, `make' handles adding another to its run queue.
See `man make' for oodles more information. 
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