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Logging in MSBuild

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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.

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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.

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