Rusty-Journal is a CLI tool created for task handling. The main goal behind this project is to learn Rust and get familiarized with Cargo and the Crates system.
You just need to have installed Cargo and Rust. You can do this with the following tutorial, using rustup.
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cargo run --
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List all tasks stored in a journal
cargo run -- -j .journal.json list
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Create a new task in the desired journal
cargo run -- -j .journal.json add 'take a walk' -
Remove a task from the journal specifying its position
cargo run -- -j .journal.json complete 1
Note: If the journal file is omitted it takes .journal.json by default, which should be present at the user's home directory.
To compile the program, go to the terminal and run the command cargo run --release.
The compiled binary (the executable file) will be in the target/release/ directory and will be named after the project name. If you're using macOS or Linux, it will be called rusty-journal. If you're using Windows, it will be called rusty-journal.exe.
You can call it from your command-line directly now. No need for Cargo anymore! Just make sure its directory is listed in your PATH environment variable.