The linkage page lists an invalid cargo invocation

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Documentation
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rust
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Open the linkage page at https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/linkage.html and inspect the Windows static-linking command shown there. Verify the command against cmd.exe syntax, update the example so it is valid, and confirm the page no longer instructs Windows users to run an invalid invocation.

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A-linkage

The page on linkage, https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/linkage.html , tells you to try static linking on windows with

RUSTFLAGS='-C target-feature=+crt-static' cargo build --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc

but this isn't valid cmd.exe syntax at all.

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