NAME
xbuild - Mono's tool to build MSBuild project files
SYNOPSIS
xbuild [option] [project-file]
DESCRIPTION
xbuild can be used to build MSBuild project files. Integrated
Development Environments like MonoDevelop and "Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET" use msbuild project file format.
xbuild takes the path of the project or solution file to build, as the
main argument. If no file is specified then it tries to build any
solution file or project file in the current directory, that has a
*proj extension.
OPTIONS
/target:T1[,TN]
List of targets to build
/property:Name=Value
Set or override project properties
/logger:<logger>
Custom logger to log build events
/verbosity:<level>
Logger verbosity level : quiet, minimal, normal, detailed,
diagnostic
/validate
Validate the project file against the schema
/validate:<schema>
Validate the project file against the specified schema
/consoleloggerparameters:<params>
Parameters for the console logger
/nologo
Don't show the initial xbuild banner
/help Show xbuild usage
/version
Display xbuild version
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
XBUILD_EMIT_SOLUTION
If this variable is set, then the project file generated from a
solution file is emitted.
XBUILD_COLORS
If this variable is set, it contains a string of the form
"type=foreground,type=.." that specifies which color to use to
display errors/warnings etc on some terminals. Type here can be:
errors, warnings, messages or events
events: These are project/target/task start and end event
messages.
The possible colors for foreground are: black, red, brightred,
green, brightgreen, yellow, brightyellow, blue, brightblue,
magenta, brightmagenta, cyan, brightcyan, grey, white and
brightwhite.
For example, you could set this variable from your shell:
export XBUILD_COLORS
XBUILD_COLORS=errors=brightred,warnings=blue
You can disable the built-in color scheme by setting this
variable to "disable".
SEE ALSO
mono(1),mcs(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009 Novell, Inc (http://www.novell.com)
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