robocopy in post-build events

[kgdyall]

I've been using post-build events to copy files into the Flare output (HTML5). The copy command works fine (and yes, I do use quotes around the file name). I have been working on copying our legal notices into the output, as I don't want to index them. This involves copying a few files and a folder of resources. I initially tried xcopy, but that's deprecated, and the /EXCLUDE flag didn't seem to work. So I tried Robocopy, but nothing happened when I did - it failed silently. Tech Support had nothing they could tell me about why it failed, so maybe someone out there can. Here's the command:

Robocopy "$(ProjectDirectory)\legal" "$(OutputDirectory)" /S /XF "*.docx"

I tried several variations: using the full path to Robocopy, changing case, leaving out the /XF option. The robocopy command works fine if I execute it in a DOS shell with substitution of the actual paths for $(ProjectDirectory) and $(OutputDirectory). I even tried making deliberate errors (such as robocapy) to see if I got any error messages (which I did). So I don't think it's a syntax error, and the files are all present. Any ideas?

[GregStenhouse]

Maybe try putting your Robocopy command in an external script and calling that script via the Flare target post-build event - and pass the output directory as a parameter.

Your target's post build event would be something like:

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"$(ProjectDirectory)post_publish_script.cmd" "$(OutputDirectory)"

And post_publish_script.cmd (in the high level project dir):

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Robocopy "legal" "%1" /S /XF "*.docx"

Where %1 is the output directory parameter.

[kgdyall]

No, that didn't work either.

[oceanclub]

I'm wondering if anyone got Robocopy working successful in a pre- or post-build command yet? Have tried myself with no luck.

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