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sccache — A fast C/C++/Rust compiler cache. Composed of a client and a server, both running on the machine. Mo

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Problem

How to use the sccache command: A fast C/C++/Rust compiler cache. Composed of a client and a server, both running on the machine. More information: <https://manned.org/sccache>.

Solution

sccache — A fast C/C++/Rust compiler cache. Composed of a client and a server, both running on the machine. More information: <https://manned.org/sccache>.

Show compilation statistics:

sccache {{[-s|--show-stats]}}

Run gcc (or any compiler command) through sccache:

sccache gcc {{path/to/file.c}}

Start sccache server in the foreground and print logs:

sccache --stop-server; SCCACHE_LOG=trace SCCACHE_START_SERVER=1 SCCACHE_NO_DAEMON=1 sccache

Ask scheduler for distributed compilation status:

sccache --dist-status

Code Snippets

Show compilation statistics

sccache {{[-s|--show-stats]}}

Run `gcc` (or any compiler command) through `sccache`

sccache gcc {{path/to/file.c}}

Start `sccache` server in the foreground and print logs

sccache --stop-server; SCCACHE_LOG=trace SCCACHE_START_SERVER=1 SCCACHE_NO_DAEMON=1 sccache

Ask scheduler for distributed compilation status

sccache --dist-status

Context

tldr-pages: common/sccache

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