1bdep-help(1)                General Commands Manual               bdep-help(1)
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NAME

6       bdep-help - show help for a command or help topic
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SYNOPSIS

9       bdep help [command | topic]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Show the detailed help for command or help topic or a summary of avail‐
13       able commands and topics if none was specified.
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COMMON OPTIONS

16       The common options are summarized below with a more  detailed  descrip‐
17       tion available in bdep-common-options(1).
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19       -v     Print essential underlying commands being executed.
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21       -V     Print all underlying commands being executed.
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23       --quiet|-q
24              Run quietly, only printing error messages.
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26       --verbose level
27              Set the diagnostics verbosity to level between 0 and 6.
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29       --stdout-format format
30              Representation format to use for printing to stdout.
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32       --jobs|-j num
33              Number of jobs to perform in parallel.
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35       --progress
36              Display progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as
37              network transfers, building, etc.
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39       --no-progress
40              Suppress progress indicators for long-lasting  operations,  such
41              as network transfers, building, etc.
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43       --bpkg path
44              The  package  manager program to be used for build configuration
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47       --bpkg-option opt
48              Additional option to be passed to the package manager program.
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50       --build path
51              The build program to be used to build packages.
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53       --build-option opt
54              Additional option to be passed to the build program.
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56       --curl path
57              The curl program to be used for network operations.
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59       --curl-option opt
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62       --pager path
63              The pager program to be used to show long text.
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65       --pager-option opt
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68       --options-file file
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71       --default-options dir
72              The directory to load additional default options files from.
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DEFAULT OPTIONS FILES

78       See bdep-default-options-files(1) for an overview of  the  default  op‐
79       tions  files.  For  the  help  command  the following options files are
80       searched for only in the predefined  directories  (home,  system,  etc)
81       and, if found, loaded in the order listed:
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83       bdep.options
84       bdep-help.options
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BUGS

87       Send bug reports to the users@build2.org mailing list.
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90       Copyright (c) 2014-2022 the build2 authors.
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92       Permission  is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
93       under the terms of the MIT License.
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97bdep 0.15.0                        July 2022                      bdep-help(1)
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