3 xbuild \- Mono's tool to build MSBuild project files
6 [option] [project-file]
8 xbuild can be used to build MSBuild project files. Integrated Development
9 Environments like MonoDevelop and "Microsoft Visual Studio .NET" use msbuild
12 xbuild takes the path of the project or solution file to build, as the main argument.
13 If no file is specified then it tries to build any solution file or project file in
14 the current directory, that has a *proj extension.
18 List of targets to build
20 .B \//property:Name=Value
21 Set or override project properties
24 Custom logger to log build events
26 .B \//verbosity:<level>
27 Logger verbosity level : quiet, minimal, normal, detailed, diagnostic
30 Validate the project file against the schema
32 .B \//validate:<schema>
33 Validate the project file against the specified schema
35 .B \//consoleloggerparameters:<params>
36 Parameters for the console logger
39 Don't show the initial xbuild banner
45 Display xbuild version
46 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
48 .I "XBUILD_EMIT_SOLUTION"
49 If this variable is set, then the project file generated from a solution
53 If this variable is set, it contains a string of the form
54 "type=foreground,type=.." that specifies which color to use to display
55 errors/warnings etc on some terminals. Type here can be:
58 errors, warnings, messages or events
60 events: These are project/target/task start and end event
65 The possible colors for foreground are:
66 .B black, red, brightred, green, brightgreen, yellow, brightyellow,
67 blue, brightblue, magenta, brightmagenta, cyan, brightcyan, grey,
68 white and brightwhite.
71 For example, you could set this variable from your shell:
74 XBUILD_COLORS=errors=brightred,warnings=blue
78 You can disable the built-in color scheme by setting this variable to
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