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distccd:tldr:497e6

distccd: Start a daemon with a lowered priority that can run a maximum of 4 tasks at a time.
$ distccd --daemon --jobs ${4} --nice ${5}
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This command is using the distccd command-line tool to start the distcc daemon and specify some options. Here is an explanation of the provided options:

  • --daemon: Starts the distccd daemon in the background.
  • --jobs ${4}: Sets the number of simultaneous jobs that distccd can process. ${4} is likely a placeholder for a command-line argument or a variable that should be replaced with a specific value.
  • --nice ${5}: Sets the "niceness" value for the distccd process. The niceness value determines the priority level of a process, where higher values indicate lower priority. ${5} is likely another placeholder for a command-line argument or a variable that should be replaced with a specific value.

Overall, this command starts the distccd daemon as a background process with specific job and priority settings, specified by ${4} and ${5} respectively.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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