Help/envvar/CXX.rst
.. include:: include/ENV_VAR.rst
Preferred executable for compiling CXX language files. Will only be used by
CMake on the first configuration to determine CXX compiler, after which the
value for CXX is stored in the cache as
:variable:CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER <CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER>. For any configuration
run (including the first), the environment variable will be ignored if the
:variable:CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER <CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER> variable is defined.
.. note:: Options that are required to make the compiler work correctly can be included; they can not be changed.
.. code-block:: console
$ export CXX="custom-compiler --arg1 --arg2"