ToolTask.GetWorkingDirectory Method

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Definition

Namespace:
Microsoft.Build.Utilities
Assembly:
Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core.dll
Assembly:
Microsoft.Build.Utilities.dll
Assemblies:
Microsoft.Build.Utilities.dll, Microsoft.Build.Utilities.v3.5.dll
Assembly:
Microsoft.Build.Utilities.v4.0.dll
Package:
Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core v15.9.20
Package:
Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core v16.11.0
Package:
Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core v17.9.5

Gets the working directory to use for the process. Should return null if ToolTask should use the current directory.

protected:
 virtual System::String ^ GetWorkingDirectory();
protected virtual string GetWorkingDirectory ();
abstract member GetWorkingDirectory : unit -> string
override this.GetWorkingDirectory : unit -> string
Protected Overridable Function GetWorkingDirectory () As String

Returns

String

Remarks

This is a method rather than a property so that derived classes (like Exec) can choose to expose a public WorkingDirectory property, and it would be confusing to have two properties.

Applies to