cargo-build(1)

NAME

cargo-build --- Compile the current package

SYNOPSIS

cargo build [options]

DESCRIPTION

Compile local packages and all of their dependencies.

OPTIONS

Package Selection

By default, when no package selection options are given, the packages selected depend on the selected manifest file (based on the current working directory if --manifest-path is not given). If the manifest is the root of a workspace then the workspaces default members are selected, otherwise only the package defined by the manifest will be selected.

The default members of a workspace can be set explicitly with the workspace.default-members key in the root manifest. If this is not set, a virtual workspace will include all workspace members (equivalent to passing --workspace), and a non-virtual workspace will include only the root crate itself.

Target Selection

When no target selection options are given, cargo build will build all binary and library targets of the selected packages. Binaries are skipped if they have required-features that are missing.

Binary targets are automatically built if there is an integration test or benchmark being selected to build. This allows an integration test to execute the binary to exercise and test its behavior. The CARGO_BIN_EXE_<name> environment variable is set when the integration test is built so that it can use the env macro to locate the executable.

Passing target selection flags will build only the specified targets.

Note that --bin, --example, --test and --bench flags also support common Unix glob patterns like *, ? and []. However, to avoid your shell accidentally expanding glob patterns before Cargo handles them, you must use single quotes or double quotes around each glob pattern.

Feature Selection

The feature flags allow you to control which features are enabled. When no feature options are given, the default feature is activated for every selected package.

See the features documentation for more details.

Compilation Options

Output Options

Display Options

Manifest Options

Common Options

Miscellaneous Options

ENVIRONMENT

See the reference for details on environment variables that Cargo reads.

EXIT STATUS

EXAMPLES

  1. Build the local package and all of its dependencies:

    cargo build

  2. Build with optimizations:

    cargo build --release

SEE ALSO

cargo(1), cargo-rustc(1)