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Writes the paths of the specified items to the specified text file.
Task Parameters
The following table describes the parameters of the WriteLinestoFile task.
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
File |
Required ITaskItem parameter. Specifies the file to write the items to. |
Lines |
Optional ITaskItem[] parameter. Specifies the items to write to the file. |
Overwrite |
Optional Boolean parameter. If true, the task overwrites any existing content in the file. |
Example
The following example uses the WriteLinesToFile task to write the paths of the items in the MyItems item collection to the file specified by the MyTextFile item collection.
<Project xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<ItemGroup>
<MyTextFile Include="Items.txt"/>
<MyItems Include="*.cs"/>
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="WriteToFile">
<WriteLinesToFile
File="@(MyTextFile)"
Lines="@(MyItems)"
Overwrite="true"/>
</Target>
</Project>