MSBuild Well-known Item Metadata
The following table describes the metadata assigned to every item upon creation. In each example, the following item declaration was used to include the file C:\MyProject\Source\Program.cs in the project.
<ItemGroup>
<MyItem Include="Source\Program.cs" />
</ItemGroup>
Item Metadata |
Description |
|---|---|
%(FullPath) |
Contains the full path of the item. For example: C:\MyProject\Source\Program.cs |
%(RootDir) |
Contains the root directory of the item. For example: C:\ |
%(Filename) |
Contains the file name of the item, without the extension. For example: Program |
%(Extension) |
Contains the file name extension of the item. For example: .cs |
%(RelativeDir) |
Contains the path specified in the Include attribute, up to the final backslash (\). For example: Source\ |
%(Directory) |
Contains the directory of the item, without the root directory. For example: MyProject\Source\ |
%(RecursiveDir) |
If the Include attribute contains the wildcard **, this metadata specifies the part of the path that replaces the wildcard. For more information on wildcards, see How to: Use Wildcards to Build All Files in a Directory. If the folder C:\MySolution\MyProject\Source\ contains the file Program.cs, and if the project file contains this item: <ItemGroup> <MyItem Include="C:\**\Program.cs" /> </ItemGroup> then the value of %(MyItem.RecursiveDir) would be MySolution\MyProject\Source\. |
%(Identity) |
The item specified in the Include attribute.. For example: Source\Program.cs |
%(ModifiedTime) |
Contains the timestamp from the last time the item was modified. For example: 2004-07-01 00:21:31.5073316 |
%(CreatedTime) |
Contains the timestamp from when the item was created. For example: 2004-06-25 09:26:45.8237425 |
%(AccessedTime) |
Contains the timestamp from the last time the time was accessed. 2004-08-14 16:52:36.3168743 |