The prebuildcommands function specifies shell commands to run before each build.

prebuildcommands { "commands" }

Applies To

Solutions, projects, and configurations.

Parameters

commands is one or more shell commands. These commands will be passed to the shell exactly as entered, including path separators and the like.

See Also

prelinkcommands
postbuildcommands

Examples

configuration "windows"
   prebuildcommands { "copy default.config bin\\project.config" }
 
configuration "not windows"
   prebuildcommands { "cp default.config bin/project.config" }