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The cbe executable provides a set of cli flags to modulate behavior.

Synopsis

cbe [options]

Options

Option Description Defaults
-h, --help Show the help message and exit. N/A
-v, --version Show the version information and exit. N/A
-d <dir> Change the working directory before performing any operations. Current Working Directory
-f <file> Use <file> as the build manifest. catalyst.build.
-e <estimate> Use <estimate> as the estimates file. catalyst.estimates.
-j, --jobs <N> Set the number of parallel jobs. Maximum number of available hardware threads (nproc).
--dry-run Print the commands that would be executed without actually running them. N/A
--clean Remove all generated build artifacts defined in the manifest (including sidecar .d files). N/A
--compdb Generate a compile_commands.json file for integration with clangd and other IDEs. N/A
--graph Print a .dot file to stdout for build graph inspection. Files that need rebuild are colored green. N/A