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How do I execute a Rust program when I am not currently inside the directory that holds the program? If I want to be in the Downloads/ directory and run a Rust file that is in the Desktop/ directory, how do I use cargo run? I assumed I could do something like cargo run <path of rust file>.

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How do I execute a Rust program when I am not currently inside the directory that holds the program? If I want to be in the Downloads/ directory and run a Rust file that is in the Desktop/ directory, how do I use cargo run? I assumed I could do something like cargo run <path of rust file>.

rust rust-cargo

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  What do you mean with a rust file and a rust program? An entire rust project or a standalone main.rs or are you asking how to run a precompiled binary (.exe)?
  
  – Optimistic Peach
  Jan 25 at 21:34
  

  
  
  
  


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  As Optimistic Peach already mentioned, you need to add a bit more information to your question. If you are asking about compiled binaries, the question is not Rust specific, but rather operation system specific. If it's not compiled yet, we need to know if it's a Cargo project or a single Rust file.
  
  – Lukas Kalbertodt
  Jan 26 at 9:48
  

  
  
  
  

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How do I execute a Rust program when I am not currently inside the directory that holds the program? If I want to be in the Downloads/ directory and run a Rust file that is in the Desktop/ directory, how do I use cargo run? I assumed I could do something like cargo run <path of rust file>.

rust rust-cargo

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To run a Rust file without dependencies, you can do so on a shell/command prompt.

Go to directory that looks like so:

Directory
-> main.rs

Run

rustc ./main.rs

This will spit out main (main.exe on Windows) and you can run that normally as ./main (./main.exe on Windows)

---

If you want to use Cargo, you'll have to create a Cargo.toml for it and put the Rust file into the src/ directory.

---

If you want to not be in the same directory as the Rust file, then you can do

rustc "<path/to/your/file>/main.rs"

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You can use the --manifest-path argument on cargo run to specify the path to Cargo.toml (sources files will be resolved relative to that).

For example:

$ cargo run --manifest-path ~/Desktop/src/myapp/Cargo.toml -- <program arguments>

Note that if you have a rustup toolchain override on the directory containing Cargo.toml, it will not be taken into account.

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To run a Rust file without dependencies, you can do so on a shell/command prompt.

Go to directory that looks like so:

Directory
-> main.rs

Run

rustc ./main.rs

This will spit out main (main.exe on Windows) and you can run that normally as ./main (./main.exe on Windows)

---

If you want to use Cargo, you'll have to create a Cargo.toml for it and put the Rust file into the src/ directory.

---

If you want to not be in the same directory as the Rust file, then you can do

rustc "<path/to/your/file>/main.rs"

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To run a Rust file without dependencies, you can do so on a shell/command prompt.

Go to directory that looks like so:

Directory
-> main.rs

Run

rustc ./main.rs

This will spit out main (main.exe on Windows) and you can run that normally as ./main (./main.exe on Windows)

---

If you want to use Cargo, you'll have to create a Cargo.toml for it and put the Rust file into the src/ directory.

---

If you want to not be in the same directory as the Rust file, then you can do

rustc "<path/to/your/file>/main.rs"

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To run a Rust file without dependencies, you can do so on a shell/command prompt.

Go to directory that looks like so:

Directory
-> main.rs

Run

rustc ./main.rs

This will spit out main (main.exe on Windows) and you can run that normally as ./main (./main.exe on Windows)

---

If you want to use Cargo, you'll have to create a Cargo.toml for it and put the Rust file into the src/ directory.

---

If you want to not be in the same directory as the Rust file, then you can do

rustc "<path/to/your/file>/main.rs"

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Directory
-> main.rs

rustc ./main.rs

rustc "<path/to/your/file>/main.rs"

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You can use the --manifest-path argument on cargo run to specify the path to Cargo.toml (sources files will be resolved relative to that).

For example:

$ cargo run --manifest-path ~/Desktop/src/myapp/Cargo.toml -- <program arguments>

Note that if you have a rustup toolchain override on the directory containing Cargo.toml, it will not be taken into account.

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You can use the --manifest-path argument on cargo run to specify the path to Cargo.toml (sources files will be resolved relative to that).

For example:

$ cargo run --manifest-path ~/Desktop/src/myapp/Cargo.toml -- <program arguments>

Note that if you have a rustup toolchain override on the directory containing Cargo.toml, it will not be taken into account.

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You can use the --manifest-path argument on cargo run to specify the path to Cargo.toml (sources files will be resolved relative to that).

For example:

$ cargo run --manifest-path ~/Desktop/src/myapp/Cargo.toml -- <program arguments>

Note that if you have a rustup toolchain override on the directory containing Cargo.toml, it will not be taken into account.

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$ cargo run --manifest-path ~/Desktop/src/myapp/Cargo.toml -- <program arguments>

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