Pre-build step fails - could not create output file
I've got a project where a pre-build step zips up some content for use in an installer - along these lines...
$(SolutionDir)/tools/zip.exe $(ProjectDir)/Templates/Output.zip $(SolutionDir)/TemplateProject/Content/*.*
This works perfectly locally, of course, but under AppVeyor I the zip.exe fails with the error "Could Not create output file"
How do I change my build to allow modifications to the source folder structure (creating the zip) during the build?
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Support Staff 1 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 24 Jun, 2015 05:24 PM
Hi Joel,
Build agent has administrative privileges on build worker VM and you can do virtually everything with VM. Could it be that file already exists and has read-only attribute set? Also, try using
7z.exewhich is in PATH.2 Posted by joel.hammond-tu... on 30 Jun, 2015 12:39 PM
Turns out Zip.exe wasn't creating the target folder automatically.
Putting a readme in the folder in source control fixed that.
Now I'm getting another error!
joel.hammond-turner closed this discussion on 30 Jun, 2015 12:39 PM.