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Re: A question about sending build output to specific directories using xcodebuild
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Re: A question about sending build output to specific directories using xcodebuild


  • Subject: Re: A question about sending build output to specific directories using xcodebuild
  • From: Fritz Anderson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:56:41 -0500

On 2 Sep 2008, at 12:53 PM, OSullivan, Steve wrote:

I have three xcode projects, and I am building them each from the command
line using xcodebuild.


I wish to build them such that their build output goes into three separate
directories all contained in a single parent directory.


Ex:

~/Desktop/BUILDS  +-- /Build 1/ build results.app
                 |
                 +-- /Build 2/ build results.app
                 |
                 +-- /Build 3/ build results.app

Is there an option on the command line for xcodebuild that will allow me to
specify this? If I use the XCode Preferences/Building settings, it seems to
make a global setting for all of these projects, and it seems that the build
output of each overwrites the output of the previous project, which is not
the desired result.


[Statutory admonition that it's spelled "Xcode," capital-X, small-c.]

I'm not 100% sure I understand your question, and my suggestion is probably not a 100% solution for you...

The Preferences -> Building panel sets the build destination for all your projects, subject to project-by-project settings. Personally, I like to have a global-default build destination, because it makes cross-project dependencies work better.

It _appears_ you want to set custom build-product directories for just those three projects. In each, open the Project Info window (Project - > Edit Project Settings), select the General tab, and under "Place Build Products In:" select "Custom location." Use the Choose... button to select the destination folder for that project. Your products will be in configuration-specific (Release/, Debug/, etc.) directories inside the destination folder, but I think this is close to what you want.

Another approach might be to add a run-script build phase to your targets (Project -> New Build Phase -> New Run Script Build Phase), at the end of the target build-phase list. Have the script in that phase do the copy. Search the Xcode docs for "BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR" to see useful environment variables for doing things like finding your target's product.

	— F

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Fritz Anderson -- Xcode 3 Unleashed: Now Available -- http://x3u.manoverboard.org/

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