MSBuild'ing a project with a post-build xcopy event

Question

Hey all,

I have a project that has a post-build event that xcopies a dll to a certain directory:

xcopy "$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).dll" "$(SolutionDir)..\UdpLocationService\bin\Plugins\" /d /y xcopy "$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).pdb" "$(SolutionDir)..\UdpLocationService\bin\Plugins\" /d /y

However, I have CruiseControl.NET set up as a build server and MSBuild is failing on building that project due to this xcopy post-build event:

MSB3073: The command "xcopy "C:\Build\Services\Windows\VehicleServer\Plugins\Payload\bin\Debug\Payload.dll" "Undefined..\UdpLocationService\bin\Plugins\" /d /y xcopy "C:\Build\Services\Windows\VehicleServer\Plugins\Payload\bin\Debug\Payload.pdb" "Undefined..\UdpLocationService\bin\Plugins\" /d /y" exited with code 4. in Microsoft.Common.targets(3397, 13)

Any suggestions to get this fixed? Thanks,

Justin

Answer 1

Follow these steps:

• Unload your project file (e.g. *.csproj)
• Open your project file for editing
• Find the AfterBuild target
• Separate out the two invocations of XCopy into two distinct Exec tasks
• Save your changes and Reload your project file