Thread: Library build path

Is there a way to move the libarries produced in the debug directory to an other dir automatically? I was thinking of somehting in the post-build tab of VC++6 but I dont know exactly.

Project->Settings->General..

You can change the directory for output files there if you wish..

Dont know if that's what you mean

No, this sets where the DLL will be placed, not the libraries of the DLL.

So you want it to dump the libraries in a seperate place from the rest of the output??

I dont know if it can do this noramlly...but you can add a tool to do it I guess?? But you would still need to run that tool after a build unless you incorporated it into a VC++ macro....

Tools->Customise->tools...add a new tool and issue a command like "copy" to put all files of type "*.lib" found in the "$(TargetDir)" into a seperate folder....

You can then add that seperate lib folder into the search directories for the build process;

Tools->Options->Directories->Show Directories for->Library files

Now add the path to you new folder.

That should work...but I wouldnt want to do it....I prefer to keep my libs and dlls in the same place

I added a tool, but do you know the command to copy the files? Is it like dos?
I typed:
copy Utils.lib ../lib/Utils.lib

But it said that it didnt recognise that command.

K thanks

Also, if you want to use old "Dos" style commands in the tools option, you can use Bat files