By default, the package in the current working directory is
selected. The -p flag can be used to choose a different package in a
workspace.
-p spec, --package spec
When no target selection options are given, cargo run will
run the binary target. If there are multiple binary targets, you must pass a
target flag to choose one. Or, the default-run field may be specified
in the [package] section of Cargo.toml to choose the name of
the binary to run by default.
--bin name
Run the specified binary.
--example name
Run the specified example.
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
<https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/features.html#command-line-feature-options>
for more details.
-F features, --features features
Space or comma separated list of features to activate.
Features of workspace members may be enabled with
package-name/feature-name syntax. This flag may be specified multiple
times, which enables all specified features.
--all-features
Activate all available features of all selected
packages.
--no-default-features
Do not activate the default feature of the
selected packages.
--target triple
Run for the given architecture. The default is the host
architecture. The general format of the triple is
<arch><sub>-<vendor>-<sys>-<abi>. Run
rustc --print target-list for a list of supported targets.
This may also be specified with the build.target config
value <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>.
Note that specifying this flag makes Cargo run in a different mode
where the target artifacts are placed in a separate directory. See the
build cache
<https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/build-cache.html> documentation
for more details.
-r, --release
Run optimized artifacts with the release profile.
See also the --profile option for choosing a specific profile by
name.
--profile name
Run with the given profile. See the the reference
<https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/profiles.html> for more
details on profiles.
--ignore-rust-version
Run the target even if the selected Rust compiler is
older than the required Rust version as configured in the project's
rust-version field.
--timings=fmts
Output information how long each compilation takes, and
track concurrency information over time. Accepts an optional comma-separated
list of output formats;
--timings without an argument will default to
--timings=html. Specifying an output format (rather than the default)
is unstable and requires
-Zunstable-options. Valid output formats:
•html (unstable, requires
-Zunstable-options): Write a human-readable file
cargo-timing.html to the target/cargo-timings directory with a
report of the compilation. Also write a report to the same directory with a
timestamp in the filename if you want to look at older runs. HTML output is
suitable for human consumption only, and does not provide machine-readable
timing data.
•json (unstable, requires
-Zunstable-options): Emit machine-readable JSON information about
timing information.
--target-dir directory
Directory for all generated artifacts and intermediate
files. May also be specified with the CARGO_TARGET_DIR environment
variable, or the build.target-dir config value
<https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>. Defaults to
target in the root of the workspace.
-v, --verbose
Use verbose output. May be specified twice for "very
verbose" output which includes extra output such as dependency warnings
and build script output. May also be specified with the term.verbose
config value
<https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>.
-q, --quiet
Do not print cargo log messages. May also be specified
with the term.quiet config value
<https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>.
--color when
Control when colored output is used. Valid values:
•auto (default): Automatically detect if
color support is available on the terminal.
•always: Always display colors.
•never: Never display colors.
May also be specified with the term.color config
value <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>.
--message-format fmt
The output format for diagnostic messages. Can be
specified multiple times and consists of comma-separated values. Valid values:
•human (default): Display in a
human-readable text format. Conflicts with short and json.
•short: Emit shorter, human-readable text
messages. Conflicts with human and json.
•json: Emit JSON messages to stdout. See
the reference
<https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/external-tools.html#json-messages>
for more details. Conflicts with human and short.
•json-diagnostic-short: Ensure the
rendered field of JSON messages contains the "short"
rendering from rustc. Cannot be used with human or short.
•json-diagnostic-rendered-ansi: Ensure the
rendered field of JSON messages contains embedded ANSI color codes for
respecting rustc's default color scheme. Cannot be used with human or
short.
•json-render-diagnostics: Instruct Cargo to
not include rustc diagnostics in JSON messages printed, but instead Cargo
itself should render the JSON diagnostics coming from rustc. Cargo's own JSON
diagnostics and others coming from rustc are still emitted. Cannot be used
with human or short.
--manifest-path path
Path to the Cargo.toml file. By default, Cargo
searches for the Cargo.toml file in the current directory or any parent
directory.
--frozen, --locked
Either of these flags requires that the
Cargo.lock
file is up-to-date. If the lock file is missing, or it needs to be updated,
Cargo will exit with an error. The
--frozen flag also prevents Cargo
from attempting to access the network to determine if it is out-of-date.
These may be used in environments where you want to assert that
the Cargo.lock file is up-to-date (such as a CI build) or want to
avoid network access.
--offline
Prevents Cargo from accessing the network for any reason.
Without this flag, Cargo will stop with an error if it needs to access the
network and the network is not available. With this flag, Cargo will attempt
to proceed without the network if possible.
Beware that this may result in different dependency resolution
than online mode. Cargo will restrict itself to crates that are downloaded
locally, even if there might be a newer version as indicated in the local
copy of the index. See the cargo-fetch(1) command to download
dependencies before going offline.
May also be specified with the net.offline config
value <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>.
+toolchain
If Cargo has been installed with rustup, and the first
argument to cargo begins with +, it will be interpreted as a
rustup toolchain name (such as +stable or +nightly). See the
rustup documentation
<https://rust-lang.github.io/rustup/overrides.html> for more information
about how toolchain overrides work.
--config KEY=VALUE or PATH
Overrides a Cargo configuration value. The argument
should be in TOML syntax of KEY=VALUE, or provided as a path to an
extra configuration file. This flag may be specified multiple times. See the
command-line overrides section
<https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html#command-line-overrides>
for more information.
-h, --help
Prints help information.
-Z flag
Unstable (nightly-only) flags to Cargo. Run cargo -Z
help for details.
-j N, --jobs N
Number of parallel jobs to run. May also be specified
with the build.jobs config value
<https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>. Defaults to the
number of logical CPUs. If negative, it sets the maximum number of parallel
jobs to the number of logical CPUs plus provided value. Should not be 0.
--keep-going
Build as many crates in the dependency graph as possible,
rather than aborting the build on the first one that fails to build. Unstable,
requires -Zunstable-options.