Given a folder structure:
parentFolder
- ChildFolder1
- somefiletolookfor.txt
- (other files and folder)
- ChildFolder2
- (other files and folder)
- ChildFolder3
- (other files and folder)
- ChildFolder4
- somefiletolookfor.txt
- (other files and folder)
- ChildFolder5
- (other files and folder)
I would like to get the folder paths for ChildFolder1 and ChildFolder4. And for each of those folder paths I need to do a copy task.
Here is one that would work:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="3.5" DefaultTargets="Demo" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<ItemGroup>
<AllFiles Include="ChildFolder*\**"/>
<SpecificFiles Include="ChildFolder*\somefiletolookfor.txt" />
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="Demo">
<Message Text="AllFiles: #(AllFiles)"/>
<Message Text="====================="/>
<Message Text="SpecificFiles: #(SpecificFiles)"/>
<Message Text="====================="/>
<Message Text="Specific Dirs: #(SpecificFiles->'%(RootDir)%(Directory)')"/>
<Message Text="====================="/>
</Target>
</Project>
Here is the result for the sample files that I made:
AllFiles: ChildFolder1\other.txt;ChildFolder1\somefiletolookfor.txt;ChildFolder2\other.txt;ChildFolder3\other.txt;ChildFolder4\other.txt;C
hildFolder4\somefiletolookfor.txt;ChildFolder5\other.txt
=====================
SpecificFiles: ChildFolder1\somefiletolookfor.txt;ChildFolder4\somefiletolookfor.txt
=====================
Specific Dirs: C:\Data\Ibrahim\Development\MSBuild\FindFolders\ChildFolder1\;C:\Data\Ibrahim\Development\MSBuild\FindFolders\ChildFolder4\
=====================
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So, I have used MSBuild but this was years ago.
I want to create a Release build for a solution where once built, it will copy all files into a variable set folder "ReleaseDrop" and zip up the contents.
Before zipping, I want to make sure it copies only the necessary files (i.e no pdb, no sln, no csproj, no .cs files (but .cshtml is allowed) or only certain directories and exclude other directories within a directory.
how can I do this?
This should be a start. It specifies a bunch of files to include in a release, copies them to a directory and zips them. For the zip part I used MSBuild Extension Pack since I have it installed anyway, but you could just as well use a prtable version of 7z or so and incoke it with the Exec task.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" >
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\ExtensionPack\4.0\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks"/>
<!--default values for properties if not passed-->
<PropertyGroup>
<ProjectDir Condition="'$(ProjectDir) == ''">C:\Projects\MyProject</ProjectDir>
<ReleaseDrop Condition="'$(ReleaseDrop) == ''">c:\Projects\MyProject\ReleaseDrop</ReleaseDrop>
</PropertyGroup>
<!--build list of files to copy-->
<ItemGroup>
<SourceFiles Include="$(ProjectDir)\bin\*.exe" Exclude="$(ProjectDir)\bin\*test*.exe"/>
<SourceFiles Include="$(ProjectDir)\bin\*.cshtml" />
</ItemGroup>
<!--copy files-->
<Target Name="CopyFiles">
<MakeDir Directories="$(ReleaseDrop)" />
<Copy SourceFiles="#(SourceFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(ReleaseDrop)" />
</Target>
<!--after files are copied, list them then zip them-->
<Target Name="MakeRelease" DependsOnTargets="CopyFiles">
<ItemGroup>
<ZipFiles Include="$(ReleaseDrop)\*.*"/>
</ItemGroup>
<Zip ZipFileName="$(ReleaseDrop)\release.zip" Files="#(ZipFiles)" WorkingDirectory="$(ReleaseDrop)"/>
</Target>
</Project>
can be invoked like
msbuild <name of project file> /t:MakeRelease /p:ProjectDir=c:\projects
I create example to copy file from one folder to another (use msbuild). I try check after copy, if file was moved? But message still show, that files didn't moved. But when I see on folder, files was moved successful. So how it's fix?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<PathPackage>C:\Users\test\Desktop\test\1\*.txt</PathPackage>
<Files>C:\Users\test\Desktop\test\2\*.*</Files>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Packages Include="$(PathPackage)"/>
<FilesOnFolder Include="$(Files)"/>
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="B">
<Message Importance="normal" Text="Package before copy:#(Packages)"/>
<CreateItem Include="#(Packages)">
<Output TaskParameter="Include" ItemName="FilesToMove" />
</CreateItem>
<Copy
SourceFiles="#(Packages)"
DestinationFolder="C:\Users\test\Desktop\test\2"
/>
<Delete Files="#(Packages)" />
<Message Importance="normal" Text="Package after package:#(Packages)"/><!--It's full! -->
<Message Importance="normal" Text="Destination Folder:#(FilesOnFolder)"/> <!--It's empty! -->
</Target>
</Project>
Problem was in ItemGroup. It need write inside target.
I'm using a msbuild file, TeamCity and Web Deploy to deploy my siteand everything works just fine, for the files included in the Visual Studio csproj file. In addition to these files I want to publish a couple of more files such as license files etc depending on environment.
This is my build file DeployToTest.proj:
<Project DefaultTargets="Deploy" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="4.0">
<ItemGroup>
<LicenseSourceFiles Include="License.config"/>
<RobotSourceFile Include="robots.txt" />
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="Build">
<Message Text="Starting build" />
<MSBuild Projects="..\..\WebApp.sln" Properties="Configuration=Test" ContinueOnError="false" />
<Message Text="##teamcity[buildNumber '$(FullVersion)']"/>
<Message Text="Build successful" />
</Target>
<Target Name="Deploy" DependsOnTargets="Build">
<Copy SourceFiles="#(LicenseSourceFiles)" DestinationFolder="..\..\wwroot"></Copy>
<Copy SourceFiles="#(RobotSourceFile)" DestinationFolder="..\..\wwwroot"></Copy>
<Message Text="Started deploying to test" />
<Exec Command="C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe ..\..\wwwroot\WebApp.csproj /property:Configuration=Test /t:MsDeployPublish /p:MsDeployServiceUrl=99.99.99.99;DeployIisAppPath=MySite;username=user;password=pass;allowuntrustedcertificate=true" />
<Message Text="Finished deploying to test" />
</Target>
</Project>
As you can see I tried to copy the license.config and robots.txt without any luck.
This .proj file is selected as the 'Build file path' in TeamCity.
Any suggestions on how I can accomplish this?
To solve this problem it may be worth executing the build script with the verbosity set to the 'detailed' or 'diagnostic' level. That should tell you exactly why the copy step fails.
However one of the most likely problems could be the fact that the script is using relative file paths, which depend on the working directory being set to the correct value. For build scripts I prefer use absolute paths to prevent any file path problems.
To get the absolute path you can use the MSBuildProjectDirectory property. The value of this property points to the path of the directory containing the currently executing MsBuild script. With that you can change your MsBuild script like this:
<Project DefaultTargets="Deploy" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="4.0">
<PropertyGroup>
<BaseDir>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)</BaseDir>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<LicenseSourceFiles Include="$(BaseDir)\License.config"/>
<RobotSourceFile Include="$(BaseDir)\robots.txt" />
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="Build">
<Message Text="Starting build" />
<MSBuild Projects="$(BaseDir)\..\..\WebApp.sln" Properties="Configuration=Test" ContinueOnError="false" />
<Message Text="##teamcity[buildNumber '$(FullVersion)']"/>
<Message Text="Build successful" />
</Target>
<Target Name="Deploy" DependsOnTargets="Build">
<Copy SourceFiles="#(LicenseSourceFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(BaseDir)\..\..\wwroot"></Copy>
<Copy SourceFiles="#(RobotSourceFile)" DestinationFolder="$(BaseDir)\..\..\wwwroot"></Copy>
<Message Text="Started deploying to test" />
<Exec Command="C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe ..\..\wwwroot\WebApp.csproj /property:Configuration=Test /t:MsDeployPublish /p:MsDeployServiceUrl=99.99.99.99;DeployIisAppPath=MySite;username=user;password=pass;allowuntrustedcertificate=true" />
<Message Text="Finished deploying to test" />
</Target>
</Project>
Now this should fix the problem if there is indeed a problem with the relative file paths.
Solution was to change settings for the web project in Visual Studio. Under Package/Publish Web i set 'Items to deploy' to 'All files in this project folder'. I then added a filter to remove all .cs files and other unwanted files.
I have a folder with a large number of *.xml files.
I need all those files to be zipped each in a separate zip file.
Example:
- file1.xml
- file2.xml
- file3.xml
After msbuild:
- file1.zip
- file2.zip
- file3.zip
Note that I do not need to zip all the files within one ZIP, and the number of .xml files within the folder will vary everytime.
Is there anyway to do this with an automated msbuild task?
Thanks in advance.
Use the Zip task from MSBuild Extension Pack. Then your MSBuild target can be something like:
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" DefaultTargets="ZipFiles">
<UsingTask TaskName="MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Compression.Zip"
AssemblyFile="..\MSBuildExtensionPack\Releases\4.0.4.0\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.dll" />
<Target Name="ZipFiles">
<ItemGroup>
<FilesToZip Include="xmls\**\*.xml"/>
</ItemGroup>
<Message Text="Zipping '%(FilesToZip.Identity)'" Importance="high" />
<MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Compression.Zip TaskAction="Create"
CompressFiles="%(FilesToZip.FullPath)"
ZipFileName="%(FilesToZip.Filename).zip"
RemoveRoot="%(FilesToZip.RootDir)%(FilesToZip.Directory)" />
</Target>
</Project>
What i want to do is to copy all files and subfolders from the OutputPath to the daily folder. For example i have project called Clock, i have msbuild script for it:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<ProjectPath>C:\Clock</ProjectSolutionName>
<ProjectSolutionName>Clock</ProjectSolutionName>
</PropertyGroup>
<Target Name="ReleaseBuild">
<Message Text="Building $(ProjectSolutionName) Release Build" />
<MSBuild Projects="$(ProjectPath)\$(ProjectSolutionName).sln" Targets="Clean" Properties="Configuration=Release" />
<MSBuild Projects="$(ProjectPath)\$(ProjectSolutionName).sln" Targets="Build" Properties="Configuration=Release" />
<Message Text="$(ProjectSolutionName) Release Build Complete!" />
</Target>
</Project>
Now when i run the script it compiles the solution and the files will be stored to a Release folder. How could i copy all the files and subfolders from the Release folder to folder named as the date, as for today for example: C:\Clock_Builds\20110803
This should do most of what you ask (its msbuild 4):
<Project DefaultTargets="DateCopy" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="4.0">
<Target Name="DateCopy">
<ItemGroup>
<Release Include="d:\Build\**\**"/>
</ItemGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<StringDate>$([System.DateTime]::Now.ToString('yyyyMMdd'))</StringDate>
</PropertyGroup>
<MakeDir Directories="D:\Release\$(StringDate)"/>
<Message Text="$(StringDate)" Importance="High"/>
<Copy SourceFiles="#(Release)"
DestinationFolder="D:\Release\$(StringDate)\%(RecursiveDir)"/>
</Target>
</Project>
Hope that helps