---
title: "target(name:dependencies:path:exclude:sources:resources:publicHeadersPath:packageAccess:cSettings:cxxSettings:swiftSettings:linkerSettings:plugins:)"
framework: swift-package-manager
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Method
path: "swift-package-manager/documentation/packagedescription/target/target(name:dependencies:path:exclude:sources:resources:publicheaderspath:packageaccess:csettings:cxxsettings:swiftsettings:linkersettings:plugins:)"
---

# target(name:dependencies:path:exclude:sources:resources:publicHeadersPath:packageAccess:cSettings:cxxSettings:swiftSettings:linkerSettings:plugins:)

Creates a regular target.

## Declaration

```swift
static func target(name: String, dependencies: [Target.Dependency] = [], path: String? = nil, exclude: [String] = [], sources: [String]? = nil, resources: [Resource]? = nil, publicHeadersPath: String? = nil, packageAccess: Bool = true, cSettings: [CSetting]? = nil, cxxSettings: [CXXSetting]? = nil, swiftSettings: [SwiftSetting]? = nil, linkerSettings: [LinkerSetting]? = nil, plugins: [Target.PluginUsage]? = nil) -> Target
```

## Parameters

- `name`: The name of the target.
- `dependencies`: The dependencies of the target. A dependency can be another target in the package or a product from a package dependency.
- `path`: The custom path for the target. By default, the Swift Package Manager requires a target’s sources to reside at predefined search paths; for example, [PackageRoot]/Sources/[TargetName]. Don’t escape the package root; for example, values like ../Foo or /Foo are invalid.
- `exclude`: A list of paths to files or directories that the Swift Package Manager shouldn’t consider to be source or resource files. A path is relative to the target’s directory. This parameter has precedence over the doc://org.swift.swiftpm.packagedescription/documentation/PackageDescription/Target/sources parameter.
- `sources`: An explicit list of source files. If you provide a path to a directory, Swift Package Manager searches for valid source files recursively.
- `resources`: An explicit list of resources files.
- `publicHeadersPath`: The directory that contains public headers of a C-family library target.
- `packageAccess`: Allows package symbols from other targets in the package.
- `cSettings`: The C settings for this target.
- `cxxSettings`: The C++ settings for this target.
- `swiftSettings`: The Swift settings for this target.
- `linkerSettings`: The linker settings for this target.
- `plugins`: The plug-ins used by this target

## Discussion

Discussion A target can contain either Swift or C-family source files, but not both. It contains code that is built as a regular module for inclusion in a library or executable product, but that cannot itself be used as the main target of an executable product.

## See Also

### Creating a Regular Target

- [target(name:dependencies:path:exclude:sources:resources:publicHeadersPath:cSettings:cxxSettings:swiftSettings:linkerSettings:plugins:)](swift-package-manager/documentation/packagedescription/target/target(name:dependencies:path:exclude:sources:resources:publicheaderspath:csettings:cxxsettings:swiftsettings:linkersettings:plugins:).md)
- [target(name:dependencies:path:exclude:sources:resources:publicHeadersPath:cSettings:cxxSettings:swiftSettings:linkerSettings:)](swift-package-manager/documentation/packagedescription/target/target(name:dependencies:path:exclude:sources:resources:publicheaderspath:csettings:cxxsettings:swiftsettings:linkersettings:).md)
- [target(name:dependencies:path:exclude:sources:publicHeadersPath:cSettings:cxxSettings:swiftSettings:linkerSettings:)](swift-package-manager/documentation/packagedescription/target/target(name:dependencies:path:exclude:sources:publicheaderspath:csettings:cxxsettings:swiftsettings:linkersettings:).md)
- [target(name:dependencies:path:exclude:sources:publicHeadersPath:)](swift-package-manager/documentation/packagedescription/target/target(name:dependencies:path:exclude:sources:publicheaderspath:).md)