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Scotty H
Scotty H

Reputation: 6714

Visual Studio Pre-build Event/Post-build Events Working Directory

It's not clear from the documentation what the working directory is for pre-build or post-build events in Visual Studio. What is it? Where is this documented?

Upvotes: 14

Views: 8984

Answers (2)

Jon Jon
Jon Jon

Reputation: 131

For future reference, to find the execution directory, you could also enter:

"start cd"

in the Pre-Build event command line area.

This will open a command prompt in the current path after saving and triggering a build.

Also, the directory will be pointing in the \bin\debug|release.

Upvotes: 13

Scotty H
Scotty H

Reputation: 6714

The working directory is the bin directory of the project.

I was unable to find documentation, but I tested this by making a post build event that made a directory. Then I checked where it was created.

Upvotes: 5

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