rustc--the Rust compiler
The Rust installation directory containing rustc
can be found on your machine in the following folder (unless you have chosen a different installation folder):
- On Windows at
C:\Users\username\.cargo\bin
- On Linux or OS X in
/home/username/.cargo/bin
rustc
and the other binaries can be run from any command-line window. The rustc
command has the following format:
rustc [options] input
The options are one-letter directives for the compiler after a dash, like -g
or -W
, or words prefixed by a double dash, like - -test
or - -version
. All options with some explanation are shown when invoking rustc -h
. In the next section, we verify our installation by compiling and running our first Rust program.
To view a local copy of the Rust documentation as a website, type rustup doc
into a terminal.