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XCODEBUILD(1)                            BSD General Commands Manual                           XCODEBUILD(1)

NAME
     xcodebuild -- build Xcode projects

SYNOPSIS
     xcodebuild [-project projectname] [-activetarget] [-alltargets] [-target targetname]
                [-parallelizeTargets] [-activeconfiguration] [-configuration configurationname]
                [-sdk <sdkfullpath> | <sdkname>] [-xcconfig <filepath>] [buildaction ...]
                [setting=value ...] [-default=value ...]
     xcodebuild -version [-sdk [<sdkfullpath> | <sdkname> [<single item>]]]
     xcodebuild -find <binary> [-sdk <sdkfullpath> | <sdkname>]
     xcodebuild -showsdks
     xcodebuild -list
     xcodebuild -help

DESCRIPTION
     xcodebuild builds a target contained in an Xcode project.

   Usage
     Run xcodebuild from the directory containing your project (i.e. the directory containing the
     projectname.xcodeproj package). If you have multiple projects in the directory you will need to use
     -project to indicate which project should be built.

     By default, xcodebuild builds the first target listed in your project, with the default build configu-ration. configuration.
     ration. The order of the targets is a property of the project and is the same for all users of the
     project. The active target and active build configuration properties are set for each user of the
     project and can vary from user to user.

   Options
     -project projectname
           Build the project specified by projectname.  Required if there are multiple project files in the
           same directory.

     -activetarget
           Builds the user's active target.

     -alltargets
           Build all the targets in the project.

     -target targetname
           Build the target specified by targetname.

     -nodependencies
           Only perform the action on the specified target(s), not on any targets upon which they depend.
           This option only applies to the 'clean' action.

     -parallelizeTargets
           Build independent targets in parallel when possible.  With distributed builds or multiprocessor
           machines, this can cause projects with many simple targets to build substantially faster.  This
           option only applies to targets with target dependencies.

     -activeconfiguration
           Use the user's active build configuration when building the target.

     -configuration configurationname
           Use the build configuration specified by configurationname when building the target.

     -sdk <sdkfullpath> | <sdkname>
           Build an Xcode project against the specified SDK, using build tools appropriate for that SDK. The
           argument may be an absolute path to an SDK, or the canonical name of an SDK.

     -showsdks
           Lists all available SDKs, including their canonical names suitable for use with -sdk.

     buildaction ...
           Specify a build action (or actions) to perform on the target. Available build actions are:

           build       Build the target in the build root (SYMROOT).  This is the default build action.

           installsrc  Copy the source of the project to the source root (SRCROOT).

           install     Build the target and install it into the target's installation directory in the dis-tribution distribution
                       tribution root (DSTROOT).

           clean       Remove build products and intermediate files from the build root (SYMROOT).

     -xcconfig filename
           Load the build settings defined in filename when building all targets.  These settings will over-ride override
           ride all other settings, including settings passed individually on the command line.

     setting=value
           Set the build setting setting to value.

     -find binary -sdk <sdkfullpath> | <sdkname>
           Print the absolute path to binary in the context of sdk.  If the -sdk argument is not provided,
           find uses the value of the build setting SDKROOT, if set. Returns EINVAL if a valid SDK could not
           be determined.  The search order is the usr/bin directory in the SDK, the bin directory in the
           SDK, then each of the paths specified by the PATH environment variable.  Returns ENOENT if the
           requested binary could not be located in any of the searched directories.

           NOTE: 'xcrun -find' is preferred because it caches the resulting find; xcrun uses xcodebuild to
           populate its cache.

     -version
           Display version information.  When used in conjunction with -sdk, the version of the specified
           SDK is displayed, or all SDKs if -sdk is given no value.  Additionally, a single line of the
           reported version information may be returned if specified.

     -default=value
           Set the user default default to value.

     -list
           Lists the targets in the project. Does not initiate a build.

     -nodistribute
           Disable distributed building. Overrides the distributed build setting stored in the user defaults
           by the Xcode preferences panel.

     -bonjourbuildhosts
           Enable distributed building and search for build machines using Bonjour. Build machines are added
           dynamically during the build as they are discovered. May be used alone or in conjunction with
           -buildhosts or -buildhostsfile.

     -nobonjourbuildhosts
           Do not search for build machines using Bonjour. Overrides the Bonjour distributed build setting
           stored in the user defaults by the Xcode preferences panel.

     -buildhosts hostlist
           Enable distributed building and set the list of build machines to the space separated list given
           in hostlist.

     -buildhostsfile hostsfile
           Enable distributed building and set the list of build machines to the contents of hostsfile.
           hostsfile is a text file containing build machine names, one per line.

     -help
           Displays usage information for xcodebuild.

   Environment Variables
     The following environment variables affect the execution of xcodebuild:

     XCODE_XCCONFIG_FILE
                     Set to a path to a file, build settings in that file will be loaded and used when
                     building all targets.  These settings will override all other settings, including set-tings settings
                     tings passed individually on the command line, and those in the file passed with the
                     -xcconfig option.

EXAMPLES
     xcodebuild clean install

             Cleans the build directory; then builds and installs the first target in the project.

     xcodebuild -target MyTarget OBJROOT=/Build/MyProj/Obj.root SYMROOT=/Build/MyProj/Sym.root

             Builds the target MyTarget putting object (intermediate) files in one directory and the prod-ucts products
             ucts of the build in another directory.

     xcodebuild -sdk macosx10.4

             Builds an Xcode project against the Mac OS X 10.4 SDK.  The canonical names of all available
             SDKs can be viewed using the -showsdks option.

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