Build Event Properties (Linux C++)

Linux support is available in Visual Studio 2017 and later.

Pre-Build Event

Property Description
Command Line Specifies a command line for the pre-build event tool to run.
Description Specifies a description for the pre-build event tool to display.
Use In Build Specifies whether this build event is excluded from the build for the current configuration.
Additional files to copy Specifies additional files to copy to the remote system. Optionally specify local to remote mapping pairs using a syntax like this: fulllocalpath1:=fullremotepath1;fulllocalpath2:=fullremotepath2, where a local file can be copied to the specified remote location on the remote system.
Property Description
Command Line Specifies a command line for the pre-link event tool to run.
Description Specifies a description for the pre-link event tool to display.
Use In Build Specifies whether this build event is excluded from the build for the current configuration.
Additional files to copy Specifies additional files to copy to the remote system. Optionally specify local to remote mapping pairs using a syntax like this: fulllocalpath1:=fullremotepath1;fulllocalpath2:=fullremotepath2, where a local file can be copied to the specified remote location on the remote system.

Post-Build Event

Property Description
Command Line Specifies a command line for the post-build event tool to run.
Description Specifies a description for the post-build event tool to display.
Use In Build Specifies whether this build event is excluded from the build for the current configuration.
Additional files to copy Specifies additional files to copy to the remote system. Optionally specify local to remote mapping pairs using a syntax like this: fulllocalpath1:=fullremotepath1;fulllocalpath2:=fullremotepath2, where a local file can be copied to the specified remote location on the remote system.

Remote Pre-Build Event

Property Description
Command Line Specifies a command line for the pre-build event tool to run on the remote system.
Description Specifies a description for the pre-build event tool to display.
Use In Build Specifies whether this build event is excluded from the build for the current configuration.
Additional files to copy Specifies additional files to copy from the remote system. Optionally specify remote to local mapping pairs using a syntax like this: fullremotepath1:=fulllocalpath1;fullremotepath2:=fulllocalpath2, where a remote file can be copied to the specified location on the local machine.
Property Description
Command Line Specifies a command line for the pre-link event tool to run on the remote system.
Description Specifies a description for the pre-link event tool to display.
Use In Build Specifies whether this build event is excluded from the build for the current configuration.
Additional files to copy Specifies additional files to copy from the remote system. Optionally specify remote to local mapping pairs using a syntax like this: fullremotepath1:=fulllocalpath1;fullremotepath2:=fulllocalpath2, where a remote file can be copied to the specified location on the local machine.

Remote Post-Build Event

Property Description
Command Line Specifies a command line for the post-build event tool to run on the remote system.
Description Specifies a description for the post-build event tool to display.
Use In Build Specifies whether this build event is excluded from the build for the current configuration.
Additional files to copy Specifies additional files to copy from the remote system. Optionally specify remote to local mapping pairs using a syntax like this: fullremotepath1:=fulllocalpath1;fullremotepath2:=fulllocalpath2, where a remote file can be copied to the specified location on the local machine.