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instance just invoke ctest within a build directory (or designated
build directory) with the <code>-S</code> option pointing to the
+ <code>run_testsuite.cmake</code> script (assuming here for the
+ moment that your build directory is a sub-directory of the
+ source directory):
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$ ctest [...] -V -S ../tests/run_testsuite.cmake
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<pre>
$ ctest -DMAKEOPTS="-j N" -j N [...] -V -S ../tests/run_testsuite.cmake
</pre>
- for compiling the library and running the tests in parallel.
+ for compiling the library and running the tests in parallel,
+ where <code>N</code> is the number of jobs you want to
+ simultaneously execute on your machine; you would typically
+ choose <code>N</code> equal to the number of processor cores you
+ have in your machine, or maybe somewhere around one half to
+ three quarters if you don't want to overload it or are short on
+ memory.
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