Visual Studio BeforeBuild using xcopy command

Question

I am using the following beforebuild target and this works fine:

<Target Name="BeforeBuild" Condition=" $(Configuration) == 'Debug' ">
    <Exec Command="xcopy ..\mycomponent\mylateboundassembly\bin\debug\*.* bin /q /r /y">
  </Target>

however when the folder mycomponent has a space in it (my component) which i cannot remove(legacy code), I cannot get xcopy to work

Anyone know a way use xcopy in beforebuild where paths have a space? Thanks

Answer 1

I got this to work by performing the following: Add an item to the property group (test)

 <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
        .....
    <Test>"..\x space\ClassLibrary2"</Test>
  </PropertyGroup>

Then in Exec command use the property group item

<Target Name="BeforeBuild" Condition=" $(Configuration) == 'Debug' ">
    <Exec Command="xcopy $(Test)\bin\Debug\*.* bin /q /r /y">
    </Exec>
  </Target>

Answer 2

Put quotes around the file path.

<Target Name="BeforeBuild" Condition=" $(Configuration) == 'Debug' ">
    <Exec Command="xcopy \"..\mycomponent\mylateboundassembly\bin\debug\*.*\" bin /q /r /y">
</Target>