what happens to my --jobs?

Dear list,


shouldn't --jobs (-j) flag and its value appear in MAKEFLAGS?

I would really like to know from my makefile how many (if any) concurrent 
jobs user requested.

I do not know whether it is a windows issue. I reproduce that with make.exes 
from both Cygwin and GnuWin32, e.g.:

> : make -j 20 -knif -
> $(info [ $(MAKEFLAGS) | $(MFLAGS) ] )
> ^Z
> [ nki | -nki ]
> make: *** No targets.  Stop.
> 
> : make --version
> GNU Make 3.81
> Copyright (C) 2006  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
> There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
> PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> 
> This program built for i386-pc-mingw32

Would be glad to see some tips/workarounds :)

Thanks in advance,

Krzysztof Nosek