ASP.NET Core Change Build directory

Question

Does anyone know how to change the Build directory of an ASP.NET Core project? In the project settings under build, the output path is readonly.

Answer 1

You can define pre/post script commands in your project.json in the scripts section. Even execute multiple commands, when you turn the postcompile from string to an array ["command1", "command2", "command3"]

Other workaround is-

Open your ASP.NET core project .xproj file in Notepad and change OutputPath

from

<OutputPath Condition="'$(OutputPath)'=='' ">.\bin\</OutputPath>

to

<OutputPath Condition="'$(OutputPath)'=='' ">E:\SanketTest</OutputPath>

Once done, reload your project and it will automatically build in specified location.

See if this helps.

Answer 2

Edit the .csproj file manually. Set the Outputpath as desired:

<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|AnyCPU'">
  <OutputPath Condition="'$(OutputPath)'=='' ">..\bin\Release\</OutputPath>
</PropertyGroup>

This will still generate subfolders for the framework version and the runtime identifier. To remove those add this to your project file:

<PropertyGroup>
  <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
  <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
</PropertyGroup>

Answer 3

ASP.NET Core projects are built using the .NET Core CLI. The output can be controlled by adding options the command-line call do "dotnet build".

Example:

dotnet build --output bin/whatever/ --framework netcoreapp1.0

See dotnet build --help for all available parameters.