Question

I have a post-build event in my C++ Visual Studio 2010 project, which uses command xcopy, but when this xcopy return error code (>0), all build failed too and message “build unsuccessfull”, how can i turn of error sensetivity in build events?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can use the Exec task’s IgnoreExitCode:

<Target Name="MyAwesomePostBuildTarget" AfterTargets="Build">
  <Exec IgnoreExitCode="true" Command="xcopy etc. etc." />
</Target>