MSBuild in a Powershell Script - How do I know if the build succeeded?
msbuild, powershell
Solution
Check the value of `$LastExitCode` right after the call to MSBUILD. If it is 0, then MSBUILD succeeded, otherwise it failed.
BTW there is no need to use cmd /c. Just call MSBUILD.exe directly. We do that in PowerShell build scripts all the time.
Problem
I am writting a build script with Powershell. The scripts performs various operations such as getting the latest source code off the SVN, backups, etc., and builds the solution using MSBuild: ``` cmd /c C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\msbuild.exe "C:\Dev\Path\MyProjct.sln" /p:Configuration=Release ``` After this instruction, I only want to execute the rest of the script if the compilation succeeded. How can I check this? The project is a web project, so it's not so easy to check for an output, but I would guess some variables would contain the compilation result. Also since I call msbuild with cmd /c, am I going to be able to access these variables?