How do I have spaces in a MSBuild WebProjectOutputDir?
directory-structure, msbuild, path-finding
Solution
Just found this out an answer to this old question. To handle spaces, you should use the escape character \ on all folders. Basically
/p:OutPath="c:\temp\deploy\fun and games\Deployment\bin\"
should be
/p:OutPath="c:\\temp\\deploy\\fun and games\\Deployment\\bin\\"
and magically it works!
Problem
I am trying to call MSBuild from a command line. Everything was working fine when I was using a path that had no spaces, but now I have a path that has spaces and the command is failing. Command (works): ``` "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe" /t:Rebuild "C:\Projects\myProject.csproj" /p:OutDir=c:\temp\deploy\funAndGames\Deployment\bin\ /p:WebProjectOutputDir=c:\temp\deploy\funAndGames\Deployment\ /p:Configuration=Release ``` I then added quotes and changed OutDir to OutPath (doesn't work): ``` "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe" /t:Rebuild "C:\Projects\myProject.csproj" /p:OutPath="c:\temp\deploy\funAndGames\Deployment\bin\" /p:WebProjectOutputDir="c:\temp\deploy\funAndGames\Deployment\" /p:Configuration=Release ``` What I am aiming for is something like this (doesn't work): ``` "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe" /t:Rebuild "C:\Projects\myProject.csproj" /p:OutPath="c:\temp\deploy\fun and games\Deployment\bin\" /p:WebProjectOutputDir="c:\temp\deploy\fun and games\Deployment\" /p:Configuration=Release ``` Any help on the syntax around OutDir/OutPath and WebProjectOutputDir with spaces? Is it possible? If it isn't does anyone know what the reason is (due to some Url's not having spaces type thing?)