Command-Line Reference

bazel [<startup options>] <command> [<args>]

Option Syntax

Options can be passed to Bazel in different ways.

`build`	Builds the specified targets.
`test`	Builds and runs the specified test targets.

--[no]batch default: "false"

If set, Bazel will be run as just a client process without a server.

--connect_timeout_secs=<an integer> default: "30"

The amount of time the client waits for each attempt to connect to the server

--bazelrc=<path> multiple uses are accumulated

The location of the user .bazelrc file.

Convenience option to add some additional JVM startup flags.

--digest_function=<hash function> default: see description

The hash function to use when computing file digests.

--io_nice_level={-1,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7} default: "-1"

Only on Linux; set a level from 0-7 for best-effort IO scheduling.

--[no]verbose default: "false"

If true, enable verbose output.

Inherits all options from common_options.

--jobs=<an integer> [-j] default: "auto"

The number of concurrent jobs to run. Takes an integer, or "auto".

`loses_incremental_state`	This option affects the incremental state.
`affects_outputs`	This option affects the outputs.

deprecated This option is deprecated.