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Specifies the project to build, clean, deploy, or rebuild if you are doing one of these operations to a single project rather than the specified project configuration.

devenv {/build|/rebuild|/deploy|/clean} ConfigName [/project ProjName] SolutionName

Arguments

  • /build
    Builds the project specified by /project ProjName.
  • /rebuild
    Cleans then builds the project specified by /project ProjName.
  • /deploy
    Specifies that the project is deployed after a build or rebuild.
  • /clean
    Cleans all intermediary files and output directories created during a build.
  • ConfigName
    Required. The solution configuration name.
  • SolutionName
    Required. The path and name of the solution file (.sln).
  • /project ProjName
    Optional. The project name and extension to build, clean, deploy, or rebuild. ProjName can be the complete path and name of the project file, a relative path and name of the project file from the directory containing the solution file (.sln), or the display name of the project, if it is unique.

Example

This example builds the project MyProject1, in solution MySolution, with the debug solution configuration.

devenv /build debug /project MyProject1 "c:\MySolutions\Visual Studio Projects\MySolution\MySolution.sln"

See Also

Devenv Command Line Switches | /build | /clean | /deploy | /rebuild