bazel-skylib/docs/native_binary_doc.md

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native_binary() and native_test() rule implementations.

These rules let you wrap a pre-built binary or script in a conventional binary
and test rule respectively. They fulfill the same goal as sh_binary and sh_test
do, but they run the wrapped binary directly, instead of through Bash, so they
don't depend on Bash and work with --shell_executable="".

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## native_binary

<pre>
native_binary(<a href="#native_binary-name">name</a>, <a href="#native_binary-src">src</a>, <a href="#native_binary-data">data</a>, <a href="#native_binary-out">out</a>)
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Wraps a pre-built binary or script with a binary rule.

You can "bazel run" this rule like any other binary rule, and use it as a tool
in genrule.tools for example. You can also augment the binary with runfiles.

**ATTRIBUTES**


| Name  | Description | Type | Mandatory | Default |
| :------------- | :------------- | :------------- | :------------- | :------------- |
| <a id="native_binary-name"></a>name |  A unique name for this target.   | <a href="https://bazel.build/concepts/labels#target-names">Name</a> | required |  |
| <a id="native_binary-src"></a>src |  path of the pre-built executable   | <a href="https://bazel.build/concepts/labels">Label</a> | required |  |
| <a id="native_binary-data"></a>data |  data dependencies. See https://bazel.build/reference/be/common-definitions#typical.data   | <a href="https://bazel.build/concepts/labels">List of labels</a> | optional |  `[]`  |
| <a id="native_binary-out"></a>out |  An output name for the copy of the binary. Defaults to name.exe. (We add .exe to the name by default because it's required on Windows and tolerated on other platforms.)   | String | optional |  `""`  |


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## native_test

<pre>
native_test(<a href="#native_test-name">name</a>, <a href="#native_test-src">src</a>, <a href="#native_test-data">data</a>, <a href="#native_test-out">out</a>)
</pre>

Wraps a pre-built binary or script with a test rule.

You can "bazel test" this rule like any other test rule. You can also augment
the binary with runfiles.

**ATTRIBUTES**


| Name  | Description | Type | Mandatory | Default |
| :------------- | :------------- | :------------- | :------------- | :------------- |
| <a id="native_test-name"></a>name |  A unique name for this target.   | <a href="https://bazel.build/concepts/labels#target-names">Name</a> | required |  |
| <a id="native_test-src"></a>src |  path of the pre-built executable   | <a href="https://bazel.build/concepts/labels">Label</a> | required |  |
| <a id="native_test-data"></a>data |  data dependencies. See https://bazel.build/reference/be/common-definitions#typical.data   | <a href="https://bazel.build/concepts/labels">List of labels</a> | optional |  `[]`  |
| <a id="native_test-out"></a>out |  An output name for the copy of the binary. Defaults to name.exe. (We add .exe to the name by default because it's required on Windows and tolerated on other platforms.)   | String | optional |  `""`  |