/Clean (devenv.exe)
Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac
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Cleans all intermediary files and output directories.
Syntax
devenv SolutionName /Clean [Config [/Project ProjName [/ProjectConfig ProjConfigName]] [/Out OutputFilename]]
Arguments
SolutionName
Required. The full path and name of the solution file.
Config
Optional. The configuration (such as
Debug
orRelease
) to clean the intermediary files for the solution named in SolutionName. If more than one solution platform is available, you must also specify the platform (for example,Debug|Win32
). If this argument is unspecified or an empty string (""
), the tool uses the solution's active configuration./Project
ProjNameOptional. The path and name of a project file within the solution. You can enter the project's display name or a relative path from the SolutionName folder to the project file. You can also enter the full path and name of the project file.
/ProjectConfig
ProjConfigNameOptional. The project's build configuration name (such as
Debug
orRelease
) to be used when cleaning the/Project
named. If more than one solution platform is available, you must also specify the platform (for example,Debug|Win32
). If this switch is specified, it overrides the Config argument./Out
OutputFilenameOptional. The name of a file that you want to send the tool's output to. If the file already exists, the tool appends the output to the end of the file.
Remarks
This switch does the same function as the Clean Solution menu command within the IDE.
Enclose strings that include spaces in double quotation marks.
Summary information when cleaning and building, including errors, can be displayed in the Command window, or in any log file specified with the /Out switch.
If the /Project
switch isn't specified, the cleaning action is done on all projects in the solution, even if FileName was specified as a project file.
Example
The first example cleans the MySolution
solution, using the default configuration specified in the solution file.
The second example cleans the project CSharpWinApp
, using the Debug
project build configuration within MySolution
.
devenv "%USERPROFILE%\source\repos\MySolution\MySolution.sln" /Clean
devenv "%USERPROFILE%\source\repos\MySolution\MySolution.sln" /Clean "Debug" /project "CSharpWinApp\CSharpWinApp.csproj" /projectconfig "Debug"