# Presets use NUMBER\_OF\_PROCESSORS for number of parallel jobs

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/presets-use-number-of-processors-for-number-of-parallel-jobs/4989
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**Created:** [February 11, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/presets-use-number-of-processors-for-number-of-parallel-jobs/4989 "2022-02-11T12:06:24Z")
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#### Post date: [February 14, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/presets-use-number-of-processors-for-number-of-parallel-jobs/4989/2 "2022-02-14T00:25:22Z")

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@kyle.edwards Is this possible?

I suspect that `0` might be the answer, but I forget if that is “count the processors” or `make`'s “don’t count anything, just keep launching commands” (hopefully the former as the latter is just a complicated forkbomb in practice).

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