I did not found a page with Maven 2 command line options. The command line options can be obtained with:mvn --help
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Here is output for maven 2.1.0:
usage: mvn [options] [<goal(s)>] [<phase(s)>] Options: -q,--quiet Quiet output - only show errors -C,--strict-checksums Fail the build if checksums don't match -c,--lax-checksums Warn if checksums don't match -P,--activate-profiles Comma-delimited list of profiles to activate -amd,--also-make-dependents If project list is specified, also build projects that depend on projects on the list -ff,--fail-fast Stop at first failure in reactorized builds -rf,--resume-from Resume reactor from specified project -fae,--fail-at-end Only fail the build afterwards; allow all non-impacted builds to continue -B,--batch-mode Run in non-interactive (batch) mode -am,--also-make If project list is specified, also build projects required by the list -fn,--fail-never NEVER fail the build, regardless of project result -emp,--encrypt-master-password Encrypt master security password -ep,--encrypt-password Encrypt server password -up,--update-plugins Synonym for cpu -N,--non-recursive Do not recurse into sub-projects -npr,--no-plugin-registry Don't use ~/.m2/plugin-registry.xml for plugin versions -gs,--global-settings Alternate path for the global settings file -U,--update-snapshots Forces a check for updated releases and snapshots on remote repositories -cpu,--check-plugin-updates Force upToDate check for any relevant registered plugins -npu,--no-plugin-updates Suppress upToDate check for any relevant registered plugins -V,--show-version Display version information WITHOUT stopping build -D,--define Define a system property -X,--debug Produce execution debug output -e,--errors Produce execution error messages -f,--file Force the use of an alternate POM file. -h,--help Display help information -o,--offline Work offline -pl,--projects Build specified reactor projects instead of all projects -r,--reactor Dynamically build reactor from subdirectories -s,--settings Alternate path for the user settings file -v,--version Display version information
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