.TH MVN "1" "July 2012" "Apache Maven 3.0.4" "User Commands" .SH NAME mvn \- software project management and comprehension tool .SH DESCRIPTION usage: mvn [options] [] [] .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-am\fR,\-\-also\-make If project list is specified, also build projects required by the list .TP \fB\-amd\fR,\-\-also\-make\-dependents If project list is specified, also build projects that depend on projects on the list .TP \fB\-B\fR,\-\-batch\-mode Run in non\-interactive (batch) mode .TP \fB\-C\fR,\-\-strict\-checksums Fail the build if checksums don't match .TP \fB\-c\fR,\-\-lax\-checksums Warn if checksums don't match .TP \fB\-cpu\fR,\-\-check\-plugin\-updates Ineffective, only kept for backward compatibility .TP \fB\-D\fR,\-\-define Define a system property .TP \fB\-e\fR,\-\-errors Produce execution error messages .TP \fB\-emp\fR,\-\-encrypt\-master\-password Encrypt master security password .TP \fB\-ep\fR,\-\-encrypt\-password Encrypt server password .TP \fB\-f\fR,\-\-file Force the use of an alternate POM file. .TP \fB\-fae\fR,\-\-fail\-at\-end Only fail the build afterwards; allow all non\-impacted builds to continue .TP \fB\-ff\fR,\-\-fail\-fast Stop at first failure in reactorized builds .TP \fB\-fn\fR,\-\-fail\-never NEVER fail the build, regardless of project result .TP \fB\-gs\fR,\-\-global\-settings Alternate path for the global settings file .TP \fB\-h\fR,\-\-help Display help information .TP \fB\-l\fR,\-\-log\-file Log file to where all build output will go. .TP \fB\-N\fR,\-\-non\-recursive Do not recurse into sub\-projects .TP \fB\-npr\fR,\-\-no\-plugin\-registry Ineffective, only kept for backward compatibility .TP \fB\-npu\fR,\-\-no\-plugin\-updates Ineffective, only kept for backward compatibility .TP \fB\-nsu\fR,\-\-no\-snapshot\-updates Suppress SNAPSHOT updates .TP \fB\-o\fR,\-\-offline Work offline .TP \fB\-P\fR,\-\-activate\-profiles Comma\-delimited list of profiles to activate .TP \fB\-pl\fR,\-\-projects Comma\-delimited list of specified reactor projects to build instead of all projects. A project can be specified by [groupId]:artifactId or by its relative path. .TP \fB\-q\fR,\-\-quiet Quiet output \- only show errors .TP \fB\-rf\fR,\-\-resume\-from Resume reactor from specified project .TP \fB\-s\fR,\-\-settings Alternate path for the user settings file .TP \fB\-T\fR,\-\-threads Thread count, for instance 2.0C where C is core multiplied .TP \fB\-t\fR,\-\-toolchains Alternate path for the user toolchains file .TP \fB\-U\fR,\-\-update\-snapshots Forces a check for updated releases and snapshots on remote repositories .TP \fB\-up\fR,\-\-update\-plugins Ineffective, only kept for backward compatibility .TP \fB\-V\fR,\-\-show\-version Display version information WITHOUT stopping build .TP \fB\-v\fR,\-\-version Display version information .TP \fB\-X\fR,\-\-debug Produce execution debug output