To publish a .NET project using the msbuild command line

The msbuild commands you use to build and publish a COBOL application that targets .NET are very similar to the commands you would use to build any COBOL application. You need to ensure that you specify the following:

• The publish target.
• The SelfContained parameter set to true or false to indicate whether you are publishing for a self-contained or framework-dependent deployment.
• The RuntimeIdentifier parameter specifying the target platform. Valid run-time identifiers that are supported by Visual COBOL for developing COBOL applications for .NET are shown in .NET Known Issues and Restrictions.

For example, to do a restore, rebuild, and publish operation for a self-contained deployment to 64-bit Linux you could run the following command:

msbuild project-name.cblproj
/t:restore;rebuild;publish
/p:Configuration=Release;SelfContained=true;RuntimeIdentifier=linux-x64