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submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Why does this option without specifying a number of threads even exist? It might as well be footgun mode.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure it's "run as many threads as there are cores" mode, though if you're running it in a terminal I always find it best to use nproc-1 or -2 so the machine actually stays usable.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My man pages specify it’s as many as possible limited only to the number of jobs.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago

Oof, that might as well be a fork bomb then

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

I don't think I've ever used -j without specifying as many cores as I have, so it sounds completely reasonable.