dotnet-build-server(1)

💅 dotnet-build-server — the manual, bestie edition

okay so real talk: this is the dotnet-build-server page from the .NET Documentation, section 1 of the manual. It's giving "quietly powerful background-helper energy" and honestly? Underrated.

✨ This article applies to: ✔️ .NET 6 SDK and later versions ✨

If you're on an older SDK, this page is not your moment, bestie. Sorry not sorry.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

dotnet-build-server — interacts with servers started by a build. That's it, that's the whole vibe. Servers that a build spun up, and this command is how you talk to them. 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

dotnet build-server shutdown [--msbuild] [--razor] [--vbcscompiler]

dotnet build-server shutdown -h|--help

dotnet build-server -h|--help

Look at that. Three whole ways to exist. Main character energy, fr fr. 👑

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🎀 Commands 🎀

• shutdown — shuts down build servers that are started from dotnet. And here's the tea: by default, all servers are shut down. You don't gotta name names unless you wanna. She's decisive. She's thorough. She's shutting everything down unless you tell her otherwise. 💅

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -?, -h, --help — prints out a description of how to use the command. Basically the built-in "hey bestie, here's how this works" button. Use it whenever, no judgment. 🫶
• --msbuild — shuts down the MSBuild build server. Just that one. Targeted. Surgical. Iconic. 🔥
• --razor — shuts down the Razor build server. Yep, the Razor one specifically. She knows exactly which server she's coming for. 🎀
• --vbcscompiler — shuts down the VB/C# compiler build server. VB and C# sharing one compiler server, living together, working together. Not me being obsessed with them. 😭💜

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🌈 vibe check reminder: the flags are your filters. No flags = every server gets shut down. One flag = only that server. Choose your adventure, but choose wisely. ✨

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🍓 a lil recap for the group chat

• Want help? -?, -h, or --help. Easy.
• Want everyone gone? Just run dotnet build-server shutdown. No notes needed.
• Want one specific server gone? Name them: --msbuild, --razor, or --vbcscompiler.

That's the whole thing. No cap. 🧚

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