Automatic Interception Interface - Supported Make Tools

The Automatic Interception Interface can be used to easily accelerate tools which support local parallel task execution, or the ability to execute several processes in parallel, utilizing multiple local cores/CPUs.

Following is a partial list of popular make tools which currently support this feature. Note that the interface can be applied to any tool supporting this capability:

gmake - Using the -j [N] or --jobs[=N] command line option.
MinGW - Using the -j [N] or --jobs[=N] command line option.
JAM - Using the -j[N] command line option.
SCons - Using the -j [N] or --jobs[=N] command line option.
ANT - Using the 'parallel' element.
Clearmake - Using the -J command line option (supported starting from version 2002.5)

Tool-Specific Notes

Make related notes - Notes related to distributing make variant builds using the Automatic Interception Interface.
JAM related notes - Notes related to distributing JAM builds using the Automatic Interception Interface.
SCons related notes - Notes related to distributing SCons builds using the Automatic Interception Interface.

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