Logging in MSBuild

Logging provides a way for you to monitor the progress of a build. Logging captures build events, messages, warnings, and errors in a log file.

In This Section

• Overview of Logging in MSBuild
  Describes the various aspects of logging in MSBuild.

• How to: Write a Logger
  Outlines the steps required to create a single-processor logger.

• Logging in a Multi-Processor Environment
  Describes how logging works in a multi-processor environment and the two multi-processor logging models.

• Writing Multi-Processor-Aware Loggers
  Outlines how to create multi-processor-aware loggers and how to use the ConfigurableForwardingLogger.

• Creating Forwarding Loggers
  Outlines how to create custom forwarding loggers.

Related Sections

• Building for Multiple Processors
  Contains topics that outline what to consider when you are building on a multi-processor system, for example, building in parallel and using memory efficiently.

• Building for Specific .NET Framework Versions
  Outlines the steps that are required to build projects that target a specific .NET Framework.

• MSBuild Advanced Concepts
  Contains links to topics that describe logging, batching, and transforms.