Cargo build where the executable file ./main?

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Cargo build where the executable file ./main?

$ cargo new rust_projects --bin 

$ ls

Desktop  Documents  Downloads  Music  Pictures  Public  rust_projects  Templates  Videos
$ cd rust_projects/
$ ls

Cargo.toml  src
$ cd src

$ ls

main.rs

$ geany main.rs

$ cd -

/home/ukse/rust_projects

$ pwd
/home/ukse/rust_projects

$ cargo build

There is no main file "executable" in all project folder.

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All build products (intermediate and final) are put into the hierarchy under the target directory. For debug (the default) builds, it's target/debug.

If you use cargo run, it tells you which executable it is running.

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$ cargo build

and

$ cargo run

and i searched again and i did not find executable file.

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Because you created a crate named "rust_projects", the executable will be a file named "rust_projects". cargo run will print out:

Running target/debug/rust_projects

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@mbrubeck already told you where to find that specific executable, but if you are in doubt, you can always use find:

$ find target -maxdepth 2 -type f -executable
target/release/foo
target/debug/foo
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