Determine assembly version during a post-build event

Question

Let\'s say I wanted to create a static text file which ships with each release. I want the file to be updated with the version number of the release (as specified in A

Answer 1

As a workaround I've written a managed console application which takes the target as a parameter, and returns the version number.

I'm still interested to hear a simpler solution - but I'm posting this in case anyone else finds it useful.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Reflection;

namespace Version
{
    class GetVersion
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            if (args.Length == 0 || args.Length > 1) { ShowUsage(); return; }

            string target = args[0];

            string path = Path.IsPathRooted(target) 
                                ? target 
                                : Path.GetDirectoryName(Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName) + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + target;

            Console.Write( Assembly.LoadFile(path).GetName().Version.ToString(2) );
        }

        static void ShowUsage()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Usage: version.exe ");
        }
    }
}