NAnt Solutions and Best Practices for Windows Environment
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Explore NAnt solutions and best practices for Windows environment, including tips on clearing subdirectories without removing them, running Windows 'rm' command, echoing messages with new lines, removing folders recursively, handling target failures, setting project directory, and starting/stopping IIS websites conveniently.
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Clear all subdirectories, but not remove them in NAnt
Solution <delete> <fileset basedir="\\${conf.server.frontend}\wwwroot" > <include name="**\*" /> </fileset> </delete>
How to run Windows 'rm' command from NAnt?
Solution <exec> <executable>$(windir)\system32\cmd</executable> <buildArgs>/c "rm somefile.txt"</buildArgs> </exec>
echo message with new line in nant Use function ${environment::newline()}
How to remove a folder recursively? To remove all folder named .svn recursively in a given folder. <delete> <fileset defaultexcludes="false" > <include name="**/.svn/**" /> </fileset> </delete>
How to call a target when another target fails in NAnt? <trycatch> <try> <call target="A" /> </try> <catch> <call target="B" /> </catch> </trycatch>
How to set a NAnt project's basedir to the current directory? <project basedir="."> </project
Start/Stop IIS website using Nant To stop/start website on IIS using Nant without stopping full service? <target name="start" > <exec program="C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe" > <arg line='start' /> <arg line='sites' /> <arg line='SiteName' /> </exec> </target>
<msbuild> task or msbuild.exe with NAnt? <property name="MSBuildPath" value="C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe"/> <target name="build"> <exec program="${MSBuildPath}"> <arg line='"${SolutionFile}"' /> <arg line="/property:Configuration=${SolutionConfiguration}" /> <arg value="/target:Rebuild" /> <arg value="/verbosity:normal" /> <arg value="/nologo" /> <arg line='/logger:"C:\Program Files\CruiseControl.NET\server\ThoughtWorks.CruiseControl.MsBuild.dll"' /> </exec> </target>
<target> <loadtasks assembly="${nant::get-base- directory()}/../../nantcontrib- 0.85/bin/NAnt.Contrib.Tasks.dll" /> <msbuild project="${filepath.root}/yourproject.csproj" verbose="true"> <arg value="/p:Platform=${build.platform}" /> <arg value="/t:Rebuild" /> <arg value="/p:OutputPath=${build.dir}/bin/" /> </msbuild> </target>
