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       --diag-color
44              Use color in diagnostics.
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46       --no-diag-color
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49       --bpkg path
50              The  package  manager program to be used for build configuration
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53       --bpkg-option opt
54              Additional option to be passed to the package manager program.
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56       --build path
57              The build program to be used to build packages.
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59       --build-option opt
60              Additional option to be passed to the build program.
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62       --curl path
63              The curl program to be used for network operations.
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65       --curl-option opt
66              Additional option to be passed to the curl program.
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68       --pager path
69              The pager program to be used to show long text.
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71       --pager-option opt
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74       --options-file file
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77       --default-options dir
78              The directory to load additional default options files from.
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80       --no-default-options
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DEFAULT OPTIONS FILES

84       See bdep-default-options-files(1) for an overview of  the  default  op‐
85       tions  files.  For  the  help  command  the following options files are
86       searched for only in the predefined  directories  (home,  system,  etc)
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89       bdep.options
90       bdep-help.options
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BUGS

93       Send bug reports to the users@build2.org mailing list.
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96       Copyright (c) 2014-2023 the build2 authors.
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98       Permission  is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
99       under the terms of the MIT License.
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103bdep 0.16.0                        June 2023                      bdep-help(1)
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