binary.md

binary

In the simple case of a string argument to binary, the source file is linked into the $(brew --prefix)/bin directory (typically /usr/local/bin) on installation. For example (from operadriver.rb):

binary 'operadriver'

creates a symlink to:

$(brew --prefix)/bin/operadriver

from a source file such as:

/usr/local/Caskroom/operadriver/0.2.2/operadriver

Renaming the Target

You can rename the target which appears in your binaries directory by adding a target: key to binary. Behaviour and usage is the same as with app. However, for binary the select cases don’t apply as rigidly. It’s fine to take extra liberties with target: to be consistent with other command-line tools, like changing case, removing an extension, or cleaning up the name.