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Asked: 2026-06-11T06:41:20+00:00

I want to copy an xml file from the main directory to bin\Debug after

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I want to copy an xml file from the main directory to bin\Debug after building the project, but my solution doesn’t work. I edited .csproj file and added:

<Target Name="AfterBuild">
     <Copy SourceFiles="Controllers.xml" DestinationFolder="\bin\Debug" ContinueOnError="true" />
</Target>

What am I doing wrong? The build is successful.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Your destination folder is (most likely) wrong. If you specify it with a leading backslash, it is actually just a shortform for <current-drive-letter>\bin\Debug (making it effectively an absolute path, like C:\bin\Debug).

    Either use bin\Debug, or better yet use the OutputPath variable, which is set to either bin\Debug or bin\Release depending on your build configuration.

    Example:

    <Target Name="AfterBuild">
     <Copy SourceFiles="Controllers.xml" DestinationFolder="$(OutputPath)" ContinueOnError="true" />
</Target>
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