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What does the error "the exec task needs a command to execute" mean?

When compiling a project in Visual Studio, the error message "the exec task needs a command to execute" appears, with no line number. What does this error mean?

(Apologies for asking and answering my own question; I just found an answer as I was writing this. Have made it community wiki, so as not to offend.)

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Ken Egozi has found an answer.

The message is caused by stray newline characters in pre or post build commands.

Richie Cotton  2010-02-19 13:00:43
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yes, this is correct. remove the newline at Post-build event command line in Build Events.

anand  2010-07-12 10:41:02

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