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| author | Nathan Long <nathanmlong@gmail.com> | 2015-04-16 06:16:52 -0400 |
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| committer | Nathan Long <nathanmlong@gmail.com> | 2015-06-11 09:20:14 -0400 |
| commit | a47d7a752e8554dc3cc3667b1715d95a3848f620 (patch) | |
| tree | 40753bd13ef7dbd3ce802a08d9a817061af34a4b | |
| parent | 798fa2276c31f4661b1c3d96b627337f59e907b4 (diff) | |
| download | rust-a47d7a752e8554dc3cc3667b1715d95a3848f620.tar.gz rust-a47d7a752e8554dc3cc3667b1715d95a3848f620.zip | |
Explain the `--bin` flag more clearly
| -rw-r--r-- | src/doc/trpl/hello-cargo.md | 3 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/doc/trpl/hello-cargo.md b/src/doc/trpl/hello-cargo.md index 8d8b1734334..9406381a40f 100644 --- a/src/doc/trpl/hello-cargo.md +++ b/src/doc/trpl/hello-cargo.md @@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ To start a new project with Cargo, use `cargo new`: $ cargo new hello_world --bin ``` -We’re passing `--bin` because we're making a binary program: if we were making -a library, we'd leave it off. +We’re passing `--bin` because our goal is to get straight to making an executable application, as opposed to a library. Executables are often called ‘binaries.’ (as in `/usr/bin`, if you’re on a Unix system) Let's check out what Cargo has generated for us: |