I want to delete files kept in a shared folder on a remote machine using msbuild. I have googled but couldn't get a proper solution. Please help.
Thank you
To answer my own question: Following code is working.
<ItemGroup>
<ServiceLocation Include="\\ServerName\FolderName\*.*"></ServiceLocation>
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="Deploy">
<Delete Files="#(ServiceLocation)" />
</Target>
try with this one,
<Target Name="SomeTarget">
<ItemGroup>
<FilesToDelete Include="Path\To\Obj\**\*"/>
</ItemGroup>
<Delete Files="#(FilesToDelete)" />
</Target>
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I want to remove folder from my deployment folder.
I'm using removedir task.
<ItemGroup>
<FolderToExcludefromDeploymentFolder Include="$(SourceDir)\Support" />
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="BeforeBuild" BeforeTargets="Build">
<RemoveDir Condition="Exists('$(sourceDir)\Support')" Directories="#(FolderToExcludefromDeploymentFolder)" />
</Target>
In that case i get a folder in the solution tree.
In case of trying to delete the folder i get this error and the itemgroup element will automatically will be removed.
How can i fix this?
The only way I could fix this issue is to move all problematic properties to BeforeBuild target and set them as DefineConstants.
<Target Name="BeforeBuild">
<PropertyGroup>
<SourceDir>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)..\..\..\Example</SourceDi>
<FolderToExclude>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)..\..\..\Example\Support</FolderToExclude>
<DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);SourceDir=$(SourceDir);FolderToExclude=$(FolderToExclude)</DefineConstants>
</PropertyGroup>
<RemoveDir Condition="Exists('$(sourceDir)\Support')" Directories="#(FolderToExclude)" />
</Target>
This solution worked for me but didn't find the reason behind this.
I have right now this in a script and want to have it in a msbuild instead.
msbuild /t:Build;PipelinePreDeployCopyAllFilesToOneFolder XXXXX\XXXX.XXX.xxx\XXXXX.XXXX.XXXXX1.csproj /p:Configuration="Release";_PackageTempDir=....\Deploy\XXXX1
msbuild /t:Build;PipelinePreDeployCopyAllFilesToOneFolder XXXXX\XXXX.XXX.xxx\XXXXX.XXXX.XXXXX2.csproj /p:Configuration="Release";_PackageTempDir=....\Deploy\XXXX2
How would this be written in a msbuild script? I only have managed to do it with one build but to create diffrent folders in the Deploy folder I havent been able to do.
Could someone teach me?
You can specify OutDir (new projects) or OutputPath (some old project types) as Properties when you call msbuild task to build your project. Or whatever property you want, like your "_PackageTempDir"
Something like this:
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" DefaultTargets="BatchMyProjects" ToolsVersion="4.0">
<ItemGroup>
<BuildMyProjects Include="XXXX-Project-1" />
<BuildMyProjects Include="XXXX-Project-2" />
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="BatchMyProjects" >
<ItemGroup>
<ProjectsToBuild Condition="Exists('SomeSourcePath\%(BuildMyProjects.Identity)/%(BuildMyProjects.Identity).csproj')">
<ProjectName>SomeSourcePath/%(BuildMyProjects.Identity)/%(BuildMyProjects.Identity).csproj</ProjectName>
<PublishSubFolder>%(BuildMyProjects.Identity)</PublishSubFolder>
</ProjectsToBuild>
</ItemGroup>
<MSBuild Projects="%(ProjectsToBuild.ProjectName)" Targets="Build;PipelinePreDeployCopyAllFilesToOneFolder"
Properties="Configuration=Release;
OutDir=SomePathToDeploy/Deploy/%(ProjectsToBuild.PublishSubFolder)/;
OutputPath= SomePathToDeploy/Deploy/%(ProjectsToBuild.PublishSubFolder)/;
_PackageTempDir=SomePathToDeploy/Deploy/%(ProjectsToBuild.PublishSubFolder)/
" />
</Target>
</Project>
Also I created gist for this same example
This do work but that seems abit strange. I rateher have it to work as you mentioned
<Target Name="testar" >
<MSBuild Projects="..\xxxxxx\xxxxxx1.csproj" Targets="Build;PipelinePreDeployCopyAllFilesToOneFolder" Properties="Configuration=Release;_PackageTempDir=../../Deploy/xxx1/"/>
<MSBuild Projects="..\xxxx\xxxxxx2.csproj" Targets="Build;PipelinePreDeployCopyAllFilesToOneFolder" Properties="Configuration=Release;_PackageTempDir=../../Deploy/xxx2/"/>
</Target>
Im try to build my plugins that sit in a seperate directory on the root.
<ItemGroup>
<PluginProjectFiles Include="$(MSBuildStartupDirectory)..\..\Plugins\**\*.csproj"/>
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="BuildPlugins">
<MSBuild Projects="#(PluginProjectFiles)" Targets="Clean;Build" Properties="Configuration=Release" />
<Message Text="Dir: $(MSBuildStartupDirectory)" />
</Target>
Although im having problems. My build runs the 'BuildPlugin' Target but it doesn't build my project files. I really don't want to have to build each project separately if I can avoid it.
Any ideas would be great. Thanks,
Please refer to my resolution below.
<PropertyGroup>
<SrcFolder>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\..</SrcFolder>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<PluginProjectsFiles Include="$(SrcFolder)\Plugins\Plugin.*\*.csproj" />
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="BuildPlugins">
<Message Text="Building Plugins" />
<MSBuild Projects="#(PluginProjectsFiles)" Targets="Clean;Build" Properties="Configuration=Release" />
<Message Text="Plugins Built" />
</Target>
I then changed my DependsOnTargets attribute on my primary build target to my 'BuildPlugins' target. Hope this helps someone as this cause me considerable pain.
I am trying to create a msbuild script that will compile and place a test app into a folder on my desktop. I do not want this app published to IIS. I have followed several blgos and looked through hashimi's book but I still cannot figure this out. Below is my script. Thank you very much!
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<Target Name="Clean">
<ItemGroup>
<BinFiles Include="bin\*.*" />
</ItemGroup>
<Delete Files="#(BinFiles)" />
</Target>
<Target Name="Compile" DependsOnTargets="Clean">
<MSBuild Projects="test.vbproj"/>
</Target>
<Target Name="Publish" DependsOnTargets="Compile">
<RemoveDir Directories="$(OutputFolder)"
ContinueOnError="true"/>
<MSBuild Projects="test.vbproj"
targets="ResolveReferences;_CopyWebApplication"
Properties="WebProjectOutputdir=$(OutputFolder; OutDir=$WebProjectOutputDir)\"/>
</Target>
</Target>
</Project>
Your script is a bit awkward (you redefined the clean target to do the same as the the basic clean target).
I'm pretty sure your problem comes from the CopyWebApplication which does lots of stuff according to the properties set in your project file and pass by command line.
Can you try the following script :
<Project DefaultTargets="Compile" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<Target Name="Compile">
<MSBuild
Projects="test.vbproj"
Targets="Clean;Build"
Properties="OutputPath=C:\tmp"/>
</Target>
</Project>
if your test project is a website then the build target should create it on the folder specified in the OutputPath/OutDir property
So far I have this,but it's not working.
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
<Copy SourceFiles="bin\" DestinationFolder="C:\temp\appServer\"></Copy>
</Target>
Try this :
<ItemGroup>
<BinFiles Include="bin\**\*.*"/>
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
<Copy SourceFiles="#(BinFiles)"
DestinationFolder="C:\temp\appServer\"/>
</Target>
Looks like the MSBuild Copy task doesn't take a directory for SourceFiles, but instead a list of files to copy.
Check out the MSDN article here for a simple example:
MSDN Link
Try using a file wildcard.
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
<Copy SourceFiles="bin\*.*" DestinationFolder="C:\temp\appServer\"></Copy>
</Target>