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msbuild(1)		    General Commands Manual		    msbuild(1)

NAME
       msbuild

SYNOPSIS
       msbuild [options] [project file | directory]

DESCRIPTION
       Builds  the specified targets in	the project file. If a project file is
       not specified, MSBuild searches the current  working  directory	for  a
       file  that has a	file extension that ends in "proj" and uses that file.
       If a directory is specified, MSBuild  searches  that  directory	for  a
       project file.

OPTIONS
       /target:<targets>
	      Build  these targets in this project. Use	a semicolon or a comma
	      to separate multiple targets, or specify each target separately.
	      (Short form: /t)

	      Example:
		  /target:Resources;Compile

       /property:<n>=<v>
	      Set or override these project-level properties. <n> is the prop-
	      erty name, and <v> is the	property value.	Use a semicolon	 or  a
	      comma  to	separate multiple properties, or specify each property
	      separately. (Short form: /p)

	      Example:
		  /property:WarningLevel=2;OutDir=bin/Debug/

       /maxcpucount[:n]
	      Mono's msbuild does not support parallel builds  yet.  So,  this
	      internally gets set to 1.

	      Specifies	 the  maximum  number of concurrent processes to build
	      with. If the switch is not used, the default value used is 1. If
	      the switch is used without a value MSBuild will use  up  to  the
	      number of	processors on the computer. (Short form: /m[:n])

       /toolsversion:<version>
	      The version of the MSBuild Toolset (tasks, targets, etc.)	to use
	      during  build. This version will override	the versions specified
	      by individual projects. (Short form: /tv)

	      Example:
		  /toolsversion:3.5

       /verbosity:<level>
	      Display this amount of information in the	event log. The	avail-
	      able   verbosity	 levels	 are:  q[uiet],	 m[inimal],  n[ormal],
	      d[etailed], and diag[nostic]. (Short form: /v)

	      Example:
		  /verbosity:quiet

       /consoleloggerparameters:<parameters
	      Parameters to console logger. (Short form: /clp)

	      The available parameters are:
		  PerformanceSummary	  Show time spent in tasks, targets and	projects.
		  Summary		  Show error and warning summary at the	end.
		  NoSummary		  Don't	show error and warning summary at the end.
		  ErrorsOnly		  Show only errors.
		  WarningsOnly		  Show only warnings.
		  NoItemAndPropertyList	  Don't	show list of items and properties at the start of each project build.
		  ShowCommandLine	  Show TaskCommandLineEvent messages
		  ShowTimestamp		  Display the Timestamp	as a prefix to any message.
		  ShowEventId		  Show eventId for started events, finished events, and	messages
		  ForceNoAlign		  Does not align the text to the size of the console buffer
		  DisableConsoleColor	  Use the default console colors for all logging messages.
		  DisableMPLogging	  Disable the multiprocessor logging style of output when running in non-multiprocessor	mode.
		  EnableMPLogging	  Enable the multiprocessor logging style even when running in non-multiprocessor mode.	This logging style is on by default.
		  ForceConsoleColor	  Use ANSI console colors even if console does not support it
		  Verbosity		  overrides the	/verbosity setting for this logger.

	      Example:
		      /consoleloggerparameters:PerformanceSummary;NoSum-
	      mary;Verbosity=minimal

       /noconsolelogger
	      Disable the default console logger and do	not log	events to  the
	      console. (Short form: /noconlog)

       /fileLogger[n]
	      Logs  the	 build output to a file. By default the	file is	in the
	      current directory	and named "msbuild[n].log".  Events  from  all
	      nodes  are  combined into	a single log. The location of the file
	      and other	parameters for the fileLogger can be specified through
	      the addition of the "/fileLoggerParameters[n]" switch.   "n"  if
	      present  can be a	digit from 1-9,	allowing up to 10 file loggers
	      to be attached. (Short form: /fl[n])

       /fileloggerparameters[n]:<parameters>
	      Provides any extra parameters for	file loggers. The presence  of
	      this  switch  implies  the  corresponding	/filelogger[n] switch.
	      "n" if present can be a digit from 1-9.

	      /fileloggerparameters is also used by any	distributed file  log-
	      ger,  see	 description  of /distributedFileLogger.  (Short form:
	      /flp[n]) The same	parameters listed for the console  logger  are
	      available. Some additional available parameters are:

		  LogFile     path to the log file into	which the build	log will be written.
		  Append      determines if the	build log will be appended to or overwrite the log file. Setting the switch appends the	build log to the log file; Not setting the switch overwrites the contents of an	existing log file.  The	default	is not to append to the	log file.
		  Encoding    specifies	the encoding for the file, for example,	UTF-8, Unicode,	or ASCII Default verbosity is Detailed.

	      Examples:

		  /fileLoggerParameters:LogFile=MyLog.log;Append;Verbosity=di-
	      agnostic;Encoding=UTF-8

		  /flp:Summary;Verbosity=minimal;LogFile=msbuild.sum
		  /flp1:warningsonly;logfile=msbuild.wrn
		  /flp2:errorsonly;logfile=msbuild.err

       /distributedlogger:<central logger>*<forwarding logger>
	      Use  this	logger to log events from MSBuild, attaching a differ-
	      ent logger instance to each node.	To specify  multiple  loggers,
	      specify each logger separately.  (Short form /dl)

		   The <logger>	syntax is:
		     [<logger class>,]<logger assembly>[;<logger parameters>]
		   The <logger class> syntax is:
		     [<partial or full namespace>.]<logger class name>
		   The <logger assembly> syntax	is:
		     {<assembly	name>[,<strong name>] |	<assembly file>}
		   The <logger parameters> are optional, and are passed	to the
	      logger exactly as	you typed them.	(Short form: /l)

	      Examples:
		  /dl:XMLLogger,MyLogger,Version=1.0.2,Culture=neutral
		  /dl:MyLogger,/mylibs/My.dll*ForwardingLogger,/mylibs/Logg-
	      ger.dll

       /distributedFileLogger
	      Logs  the	 build	output to multiple log files, one log file per
	      MSBuild node. The	initial	location for these files is  the  cur-
	      rent   directory.	  By   default	 the  files  are  called  "MS-
	      Build<nodeid>.log". The location of the files and	other  parame-
	      ters  for	 the  fileLogger can be	specified with the addition of
	      the "/fileLoggerParameters" switch.

	      If a log file  name  is  set  through  the  fileLoggerParameters
	      switch  the  distributed	logger will use	the fileName as	a tem-
	      plate and	append the node	id to this fileName to	create	a  log
	      file for each node.

       /logger:<logger>
	      Use  this	logger to log events from MSBuild. To specify multiple
	      loggers, specify each logger separately.
		   The <logger>	syntax is:
		     [<logger class>,]<logger assembly>[;<logger parameters>]
		   The <logger class> syntax is:
		     [<partial or full namespace>.]<logger class name>
		   The <logger assembly> syntax	is:
		     {<assembly	name>[,<strong name>] |	<assembly file>}
		   The <logger parameters> are optional, and are passed	to the
	      logger exactly as	you typed them.	(Short form: /l)

	       Examples:
		 /logger:XMLLogger,MyLogger,Version=1.0.2,Culture=neutral
		 /logger:XMLLogger,/MyLoggers/MyLogger.dll;OutputAsHTML

       /binaryLogger[:output.binlog]
	      Serializes all build events to a compressed binary file.	By de-
	      fault the	file is	 in  the  current  directory  and  named  "ms-
	      build.binlog".  The  binary log is a detailed description	of the
	      build process that can later be used to  reconstruct  text  logs
	      and used by other	analysis tools.	A binary log is	usually	10-20x
	      smaller than the most detailed text diagnostic-level log,	but it
	      contains more information.  (Short form: /bl)

	      Examples:
		  /bl
		  /bl:output.binlog
		  /bl:../../custom.binlog
		  /binaryLogger

       /warnaserror[:code[;code2]]
	      List of warning codes to treats as errors.  Use a	semicolon or a
	      comma  to	separate multiple warning codes. To treat all warnings
	      as  errors  use  the  switch  with  no  values.	(Short	 form:
	      /err[:c;[c2]])

	      Example:
		  /warnaserror:MSB4130

	      When  a  warning is treated as an	error the target will continue
	      to execute as if it was a	warning	but  the  overall  build  will
	      fail.

       /warnasmessage[:code[;code2]]
	      List of warning codes to treats as low importance	messages.  Use
	      a	 semicolon  or	a  comma  to  separate multiple	warning	codes.
	      (Short form: /nowarn[:c;[c2]])

	      Example:
		  /warnasmessage:MSB3026

       /ignoreprojectextensions:<extensions>
	      List of extensions to ignore when	determining which project file
	      to build.	Use a semicolon	or a comma to separate multiple	exten-
	      sions.  (Short form: /ignore)

	      Example:
		  /ignoreprojectextensions:.sln

       /nodeReuse:<parameters>
	      Enables or Disables the reuse of MSBuild nodes.  The  parameters
	      are:
		  True	  Nodes	will remain after the build completes and will be reused by subsequent builds (default)	False Nodes will not remain after the build completes
	      (Short form: /nr)

	      Example:
		  /nr:true

       /preprocess[:file]
	      Creates  a  single,  aggregated project file by inlining all the
	      files that would be imported during a build, with	 their	bound-
	      aries marked. This can be	useful for figuring out	what files are
	      being  imported and from where, and what they will contribute to
	      the build. By default the	output is written to the console  win-
	      dow. If the path to an output file is provided that will be used
	      instead. (Short form: /pp)

	      Example:
		  /pp:out.txt

       /detailedsummary
	      Shows  detailed  information  at	the end	of the build about the
	      configurations built and	how  they  were	 scheduled  to	nodes.
	      (Short form: /ds)

       @<file>
	      Insert command-line settings from	a text file. To	specify	multi-
	      ple response files, specify each response	file separately.

	      Any  response  files  named "msbuild.rsp"	are automatically con-
	      sumed from the following locations:
		  (1) the directory of msbuild.dll
		  (2) the directory of the first project or solution built

       /noautoresponse
	      Do not auto-include any MSBuild.rsp files. (Short	 form:	/noau-
	      torsp)

       /nologo
	      Do not display the startup banner	and copyright message.

       /version
	      Display version information only.	(Short form: /ver)

       /help  Display this usage message. (Short form: /? or /h)

SEE ALSO
       mono(1),csc(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All	rights reserved.

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