bdep-help(1) General Commands Manual bdep-help(1) NAME bdep-help - show help for a command or help topic SYNOPSIS bdep help [command | topic] DESCRIPTION Show the detailed help for command or help topic or a summary of available commands and topics if none was specified. COMMON OPTIONS The common options are summarized below with a more detailed description available in bdep-common-options(1). -v Print essential underlying commands being executed. -V Print all underlying commands being executed. --quiet|-q Run quietly, only printing error messages. --verbose level Set the diagnostics verbosity to level between 0 and 6. --stdout-format format Representation format to use for printing to stdout. --jobs|-j num Number of jobs to perform in parallel. --progress Display progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network transfers, building, etc. --no-progress Suppress progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network transfers, building, etc. --diag-color Use color in diagnostics. --no-diag-color Don't use color in diagnostics. --bpkg path The package manager program to be used for build configuration management. --bpkg-option opt Additional option to be passed to the package manager program. --build path The build program to be used to build packages. --build-option opt Additional option to be passed to the build program. --curl path The curl program to be used for network operations. --curl-option opt Additional option to be passed to the curl program. --pager path The pager program to be used to show long text. --pager-option opt Additional option to be passed to the pager program. --options-file file Read additional options from file. --default-options dir The directory to load additional default options files from. --no-default-options Don't load default options files. DEFAULT OPTIONS FILES See bdep-default-options-files(1) for an overview of the default options files. For the help command the following options files are searched for only in the predefined directories (home, system, etc) and, if found, loaded in the order listed: bdep.options bdep-help.options BUGS Send bug reports to the users@build2.org mailing list. COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2014-2024 the build2 authors. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the MIT License. bdep 0.17.0 June 2024 bdep-help(1)