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/usr/bin/swift-build-tool

Swift is a high-performance system programming language. It has a clean and modern syntax, offers seamless access to existing C and Objective-C code and frameworks, and is memory-safe by default.

From swift 6.4.2-r0 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running swift-build-tool --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: swift-build-tool [options] [<target>]

Options:
  --help                    show this help message and exit
  --version                 show the tool version
  -C <PATH>, --chdir <PATH> change directory to PATH before building
  --no-db                   disable use of a build database
  --db <PATH>               enable building against the database at PATH
  -f <PATH>                 load the build task file at PATH
  --serial                  do not build in parallel
  --scheduler <SCHEDULER>   set scheduler algorithm
  -j,--jobs <JOBS>          set how many concurrent jobs (lanes) to run
  -v, --verbose             show verbose status information
  --trace <PATH>            trace build engine operation to PATH
Options (10)
OptionDescriptionSource
--helpshow this help message and exithelp
--versionshow the tool versionhelp
--no-dbdisable use of a build databasehelp
--db PATHenable building against the database at PATHhelp
-f PATHload the build task file at PATHhelp
--serialdo not build in parallelhelp
--scheduler SCHEDULERset scheduler algorithmhelp
-j, --jobs JOBSset how many concurrent jobs (lanes) to runhelp
-v, --verboseshow verbose status informationhelp
--trace PATHtrace build engine operation to PATHhelp

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