Post Build exited with code 1

Question

I have a project with a post build event:

copy $(ProjectDir)DbVerse\\Lunaverse.DbVerse.*.exe  $(TargetDir)

It works fine every time on my m

Answer 1

I had a similar issue but specifically in a Jenkins build environment. To fix the issue, I switched from using a copy command in the post build event to using a copy target.

I changed this:

   
      copy $(ProjectDir)bin\BLAH.Common.xml $(ProjectDir)App_Data\BLAH.Common.xml
   

to this:

and it works fine now.

The specific error I was getting was:

(PostBuildEvent target) -> 
  C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(4291,5): error MSB3073: The command "copy   exited with code 1. [