MSbuild Publish to a specific directory using batch file

Question

Follwing is the batch file for doing a publish to a publish directory

@echo off
start /b C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe /target:publish /p:SolutionDir="C:\cc\ttr\code\Com.IT.sln" /p:PublishDir="C:\cc\ttr\code\deploy\" /p:Configuration=Debug

It is not publishing it. ANy idea why?

Answer 1

When start gets multiple arguments the first one is the title for the new window. Try

start /B "" start /b C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe ^
/target:publish ^
/p:SolutionDir="C:\cc\ttr\code\Com.IT.sln" ^
/p:PublishDir="C:\cc\ttr\code\deploy\" ^
/p:Configuration=Debug

(should work with the ^ at the end of the lines, for readability, but if not just put it all into one line again)