zig - Man Page

• Compile the project in the current directory: zig build
• Compile and run the project in the current directory: zig build run
• Initialize a zig build application: zig init-exe
• Initialize a zig build library: zig init-lib
• Create and run a test build: zig test path/to/file.zig
• Reformat Zig source into canonical form: zig fmt path/to/file.zig
• Use Zig as a drop-in C compiler: zig cc path/to/file.c
• Use Zig as a drop-in C++ compiler: zig c++ path/to/file.cpp

tldr.sh

zig [command] [options]

Commands:

build

Build project from build.zig

init-exe

Initialize a `zig build` application in the cwd

init-lib

Initialize a `zig build` library in the cwd

ast-check

Look for simple compile errors in any set of files

build-exe

Create executable from source or object files

build-lib

Create library from source or object files

build-obj

Create object from source or object files

fmt

Reformat Zig source into canonical form

run

Create executable and run immediately

test

Create and run a test build

translate-c

Convert C code to Zig code

ar

Use Zig as a drop-in archiver

cc

Use Zig as a drop-in C compiler

c++

Use Zig as a drop-in C++ compiler

dlltool

Use Zig as a drop-in dlltool.exe

lib

Use Zig as a drop-in lib.exe

ranlib

Use Zig as a drop-in ranlib

env

Print lib path, std path, cache directory, and version

help

Print this help and exit

libc

Display native libc paths file or validate one

targets

List available compilation targets

version

Print version number and exit

zen

Print Zen of Zig and exit

General Options:

-h,  --help

Print command-specific usage

The full documentation for zig is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and zig programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info zig

should give you access to the complete manual.