specify project file of a solution using msbuild

Question

I want the commandline for building a particular project of a solution using msbuild like we do with devenv.com.In devenv.com we can specify a project of a solution using fo

Answer 1

Just to add additional information, executing msbuild in the project folder will by default build the project file since its the only one there.

>msbuild

There are many variations of using msbuild this way. You can specify the proj file directly.

>msbuild helloworld.csproj -t:Build.

Review the msbuild documentation for usage, proj file requirements, as well and the benefits of building the project instead of the solution.

MS MSBuild Documentation

There are benefits to building this way as mentioned by mark-smith above.