MSbuild Publish to a specific directory using batch file

Question

Following is the batch file for doing a publish to a publish directory

@echo off
start
    /b
    C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe
    /target:publish
    /p:SolutionDir="C:\cc\ttr\code\Com.IT.sln"
    /p:PublishDir="C:\cc\ttr\code\deploy\"
    /p:Configuration=Debug

(wrapped for easier reading)

It is not publishing it. Any idea why?

Joey · Accepted Answer · 2009-05-18 12:36:21Z

2

When start gets multiple arguments the first one is the title for the new window. Try

start /B "" start /b C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe ^
/target:publish ^
/p:SolutionDir="C:\cc\ttr\code\Com.IT.sln" ^
/p:PublishDir="C:\cc\ttr\code\deploy\" ^
/p:Configuration=Debug

(should work with the ^ at the end of the lines, for readability, but if not just put it all into one line again)

answered May 18, 2009 at 12:36

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sam Over a year ago

It keep giving the follwoing error MSB1003: Specify a project or solution

Joey Over a year ago

Well, it is entirely correct. You apparently don't have a solution or project file in the current working directory so you need to specify one as an additional parameter.

sam Over a year ago

It is building the project but says "Web projects do not support the Publish target. Continuing with the remaining projects....Any idea why it is not publishing to the specified directory

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