how to use build.binariesdirectory variable





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I defined a post-build event for some of the projects in my solution, as follows:



copy /Y "$(TargetPath)" "$(build.binariesdirectory)Obfuscated"



Which results in error:



error MSB4184: The expression """.binariesdirectory" cannot be evaluated. Method 'System.String.binariesdirectory' not found.



Azure DevOps (and TFS build systems in general) are new to me, so any help or suggestion would be appreciated.










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  • Those azure-devops variables are only going to be available within a pipeline. You can probably expand the macro section to see what is available for you on a post build task.

    – Matt
    Jan 4 at 19:33











  • Thanks Matt, had to dig documentation and found the solution.

    – Michael Daniloff
    Jan 4 at 19:37


















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I defined a post-build event for some of the projects in my solution, as follows:



copy /Y "$(TargetPath)" "$(build.binariesdirectory)Obfuscated"



Which results in error:



error MSB4184: The expression """.binariesdirectory" cannot be evaluated. Method 'System.String.binariesdirectory' not found.



Azure DevOps (and TFS build systems in general) are new to me, so any help or suggestion would be appreciated.










share|improve this question























  • Those azure-devops variables are only going to be available within a pipeline. You can probably expand the macro section to see what is available for you on a post build task.

    – Matt
    Jan 4 at 19:33











  • Thanks Matt, had to dig documentation and found the solution.

    – Michael Daniloff
    Jan 4 at 19:37














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I defined a post-build event for some of the projects in my solution, as follows:



copy /Y "$(TargetPath)" "$(build.binariesdirectory)Obfuscated"



Which results in error:



error MSB4184: The expression """.binariesdirectory" cannot be evaluated. Method 'System.String.binariesdirectory' not found.



Azure DevOps (and TFS build systems in general) are new to me, so any help or suggestion would be appreciated.










share|improve this question














I defined a post-build event for some of the projects in my solution, as follows:



copy /Y "$(TargetPath)" "$(build.binariesdirectory)Obfuscated"



Which results in error:



error MSB4184: The expression """.binariesdirectory" cannot be evaluated. Method 'System.String.binariesdirectory' not found.



Azure DevOps (and TFS build systems in general) are new to me, so any help or suggestion would be appreciated.







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  • Those azure-devops variables are only going to be available within a pipeline. You can probably expand the macro section to see what is available for you on a post build task.

    – Matt
    Jan 4 at 19:33











  • Thanks Matt, had to dig documentation and found the solution.

    – Michael Daniloff
    Jan 4 at 19:37



















  • Those azure-devops variables are only going to be available within a pipeline. You can probably expand the macro section to see what is available for you on a post build task.

    – Matt
    Jan 4 at 19:33











  • Thanks Matt, had to dig documentation and found the solution.

    – Michael Daniloff
    Jan 4 at 19:37

















Those azure-devops variables are only going to be available within a pipeline. You can probably expand the macro section to see what is available for you on a post build task.

– Matt
Jan 4 at 19:33





Those azure-devops variables are only going to be available within a pipeline. You can probably expand the macro section to see what is available for you on a post build task.

– Matt
Jan 4 at 19:33













Thanks Matt, had to dig documentation and found the solution.

– Michael Daniloff
Jan 4 at 19:37





Thanks Matt, had to dig documentation and found the solution.

– Michael Daniloff
Jan 4 at 19:37












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Turned out for the post-build events had to use a different syntax (Windows batch script )



%BUILD_BINARIESDIRECTORY%Obfuscated



So I used



copy /Y "$(TargetPath)" %BUILD_STAGINGDIRECTORY%Obfuscated"



and the assembly was successfully copied.
Microsoft docs link on Azure pipelines






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    Turned out for the post-build events had to use a different syntax (Windows batch script )



    %BUILD_BINARIESDIRECTORY%Obfuscated



    So I used



    copy /Y "$(TargetPath)" %BUILD_STAGINGDIRECTORY%Obfuscated"



    and the assembly was successfully copied.
    Microsoft docs link on Azure pipelines






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      Turned out for the post-build events had to use a different syntax (Windows batch script )



      %BUILD_BINARIESDIRECTORY%Obfuscated



      So I used



      copy /Y "$(TargetPath)" %BUILD_STAGINGDIRECTORY%Obfuscated"



      and the assembly was successfully copied.
      Microsoft docs link on Azure pipelines






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        Turned out for the post-build events had to use a different syntax (Windows batch script )



        %BUILD_BINARIESDIRECTORY%Obfuscated



        So I used



        copy /Y "$(TargetPath)" %BUILD_STAGINGDIRECTORY%Obfuscated"



        and the assembly was successfully copied.
        Microsoft docs link on Azure pipelines






        share|improve this answer













        Turned out for the post-build events had to use a different syntax (Windows batch script )



        %BUILD_BINARIESDIRECTORY%Obfuscated



        So I used



        copy /Y "$(TargetPath)" %BUILD_STAGINGDIRECTORY%Obfuscated"



        and the assembly was successfully copied.
        Microsoft docs link on Azure pipelines







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