msbuild

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The Microsoft build tool for Visual Studio project solutions.

Examples (7)

Build the first project file in the current directory

msbuild

Build a specific project file

msbuild path/to/project_file

Specify one or more semicolon-separated targets to build

msbuild path/to/project_file /target:targets

Specify one or more semicolon-separated properties

msbuild path/to/project_file /property:name=value

Specify the build tools version to use

msbuild path/to/project_file /toolsversion:version

Display detailed information at the end of the log about how the project was configured

msbuild path/to/project_file /detailedsummary

Display help

msbuild /help