For my class Library project in visual Studio 2013 ; Using post build event how do I copy the created dll to another path?

Question

I have searched the net which has quite a few similar answers but they seem to differ with VS version. Each was differing so I though that I should ask you guys

So here is some detail.

i need to copy the dll at

"C:\MyProjects\Visual Studio\Mylibrary Library\Mylibrary \Mylibrary \bin\Release\Mylibrary.dll"

to

"C:\MyProjects\Unity\Projects\Valding\Valding\Assets\Classes\VadingClasses"

Answer 1

In your post-build event, give the following xcopy a shot...

xcopy "$(ProjectDir)bin\Release\Mylibrary.dll" "C:\MyProjects\Unity\Projects\Valding\Valding\Assets\Classes\VadingClasses" /Y

Here are some common switches used with xcopy, as well as the command syntax

xcopy "your-source-path" "your-destination-path"

• /I - treat as a directory if copying multiple files
• /Q - Do not display the files being copied.
• /S - Copy subdirectories unless empty.
• /E - Copy empty subdirectories.
• /Y - Do not prompt for overwrite of existing files.
• /R - Overwrite read only files.

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Note that copy should work as well for you as well in this case, but xcopy should afford you some benefit if you wish to copy more than just a single file at some point. Check out these various further reading resources:

• Pre-build Event/Post-build Event Command Line Dialog Box - available macros you may wish to leverage e.g. $(ProjectDir)

• COPY, XCOPY and ROBOCOPY Command Lines - explanation regarding similarities/differences