MSBuild Well-known Item Metadata
The following table describes the metadata assigned to every item upon creation. In each example, the following item declaration was used to include the file C:\MyProject\Source\Program.cs in the project.
<ItemGroup>
<MyItem Include="Source\Program.cs" />
</ItemGroup>
| Item Metadata | Description |
|---|---|
| %(FullPath) | Contains the full path of the item. For example: C:\MyProject\Source\Program.cs |
| %(RootDir) | Contains the root directory of the item. For example: C:\ |
| %(Filename) | Contains the file name of the item, without the extension. For example: Program |
| %(Extension) | Contains the file name extension of the item. For example: .cs |
| %(RelativeDir) | Contains the path specified in the Include attribute, up to the final backslash (\). For example: Source\ |
| %(Directory) | Contains the directory of the item, without the root directory. For example: MyProject\Source\ |
| %(RecursiveDir) | If the Include attribute contains the wildcard **, this metadata specifies the path to the file, beginning at the location of the wildcard. For more information on wildcards, see How To: Use Wildcards to Build All Files in a Directory. This example has no RecursiveDir metadata, but if the following example was used to include this item, the item would contain a RecursiveDir value of MyProject\Source\. <ItemGroup> <MyItem Include="C:\**\Program.cs" /> </ItemGroup> If the following example was used to include this item, the RecursiveDir value of the item would remain MyProject\Source\. <ItemGroup> <MyItem Include="C:\**\Source\Program.cs" /> </ItemGroup> |
| %(Identity) | The item specified in the Include attribute.. For example: Source\Program.cs |
| %(ModifiedTime) | Contains the timestamp from the last time the item was modified. For example: 2004-07-01 00:21:31.5073316 |
| %(CreatedTime) | Contains the timestamp from when the item was created. For example: 2004-06-25 09:26:45.8237425 |
| %(AccessedTime) | Contains the timestamp from the last time the time was accessed. 2004-08-14 16:52:36.3168743 |
