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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

A binary (or multiple) can also be contained in an application bundle:

app "Atom.app"
binary "#{appdir}/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/apm/bin/apm"

You can rename the target which appears in your binaries directory by adding a target: key to binary:

binary "#{appdir}/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/atom.sh", target: "atom"

Behaviour and usage of target: 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.