Copy bin files on to Physical file location on Post Build event in VS2010

Question

I want to copy my dll generated in bin folder to a file location on Post Build Event in vs2010.

Can some one help me on that.

Thanks

Answer 1

You want to add something like:

xcopy /Q /Y "$(TargetPath)" "C:\path\to\somewhere\" 

to you post-build event on the Build Events tab in the project properties page. The /Y will stop it from prompting you to confirm an overwrite.

If you also need to copy the .pdb file, you will need something like this:

xcopy /Q /Y "$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).*" "C:\path\to\somewhere\" 

You can see more substitution tokens (the $XXX values) by clicking the Edit Post-build... button in the properties tab and then expanding the Macros>> button.

Answer 2

Right-click the project, then go to Properties->Build Events->Post-build command line.

Then type this in:

Cmd /C Copy "$(TargetPath)" "<YourTargetDirHere>" 

Does that help?