# ccache README

version 3.2

## About

ccache is a compiler cache. It speeds up recompilation by caching the result of previous compilations and detecting when the same compilation is being done again. Supported languages are C, C`, Objective-C and Objective-C`.

Please see the manual page and documentation at http://ccache.samba.org for more information.

## Documentation

See the ccache(1) man page. It’s also available as MANUAL.{txt,html}.

## Installation

See INSTALL.{txt.html}.

## Web site

The main ccache web site is here:

    http://ccache.samba.org

## Mailing list

There is a mailing list for discussing usage and development of ccache:

    http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/ccache/

Anyone is welcome to join.

## Bug reports

To submit a bug report or to search for existing reports, please visit this web page:

    http://ccache.samba.org/bugs.html

## Source code repository

To get the very latest version of ccache directly from the source code repository, use git:

    git clone git://git.samba.org/ccache.git

You can also browse the repository:

    http://gitweb.samba.org/?p=ccache.git

## History

ccache was originally written by Andrew Tridgell and is currently developed and maintained by Joel Rosdahl. ccache started out as a reimplementation of Erik Thiele’s “compilercache” (see http://www.erikyyy.de/compilercache/) in C.

See also NEWS.{txt,html}.

## License and copyright

See LICENSE.{txt,html} and AUTHORS.{txt,html}.