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Robin Rodricks
Robin Rodricks

Reputation: 113996

What does the initial ".\" do at the start of a VS project's OutDir?

I've opened a VCXPROJ file to change the directory paths, and in the OutDir XML parameter, the following is marked:

<OutDir>.\..\..\..\..\..\Bin\$(PlatformName)\$(MsvcVer)\$(ProjectName)\</OutDir>

I need to change it to something like this, but is it valid? Does it need the .\ at the start of the path? What does it mean anyways?

<OutDir>Bin\$(PlatformName)\$(MsvcVer)\$(ProjectName)\</OutDir>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 28

Answers (1)

jchapa
jchapa

Reputation: 3996

.\ references the current directory. You shouldn't need it.

Upvotes: 3

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