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Ryjel
Ryjel

Reputation: 29

Visual Studio - Add folder to bin/Debug automatically

Is there a way to "Copy to Ouput Directory" a folder, not only a file.

I am developing a console application and i want to have a specific folder where the console application will write its logs.

For example, when i build my application in the ProjectName/bin/debug is the executable with all files it needs to run properly. I would like to have a folder there so when I zip this folder and send it to someone, he/she would not have to create it on his/her own. ( this is the folder where my application creates its logs

Every time i build the application I will have to create the folder automatically unless there is an option as "Copy to Ouput Directory" but for folders or something...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1839

Answers (1)

Lennart
Lennart

Reputation: 10343

You can do that via a post-build event. Right-click your project => properties => Build Events => "Post-build event command line". Use mkdir in combination with the macros to get to your output directory.

Upvotes: 2

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