Running a file on its own

[kenaryn]

Hi!

I have a newbie question: please how can I run a file written in Steel on its own?
Is there something like steel myfile to execute?

I even know not the extension of a Steel file and found no thing related to at https://mattwparas.github.io/steel/book/start/embedded.html

Thank you!

[mattwparas]

You should be able to just pass a file to the interpreter, assuming it is installed - also the extension is .scm:

steel my-file.scm

[kenaryn]

I want not to be a burden but I just cloned your repository, cd into it and ran cargo run. Where can I find the executable to be added to my PATH env var? I tried fd -t x --full-path '/home/aurele/dev/steel' but it returned no thing.

Also, what does scm stand for?

[mattwparas]

If you're running this way, just run cargo run -- myfile.scm

scm is one of many extensions for scheme, just happens to be the one I prefer

[kenaryn]

I am interested by the way you run it with steel command? How do you proceed please? As relying on a package manager from another stack seems clumsy to me.

[mattwparas]

You can install it to your system by running from the root of the repo:

cargo install --path .

[mattwparas]

You can also run cargo build --release and find the built executable in target/release/ - and move it to wherever you see fit that is on your path

[kenaryn]

Alternatively to cargo install --path you mean? or after having run the previous command?
I know that is very beginner level question but I need to be sure to learn and grow.

Nota bene: it is indeed off-topic so I will attempt to gather the answer by myself.
The answer to my original question has been provided and I am grateful.

[mattwparas]

No worries - cargo install --path is just the cargo way of installing the executable to your path. I forget the exact location, but its the canonical way to install an executable from source with Rust.

Running cargo build --release and then moving the executable to wherever you want it is just another way of installing it.