Overview

NAnt commands are used to build software with the NAnt build tool. NAnt is used to build .Net projects, and is similar in design to Ant.

Default Post-Processing

NAnt commands apply nant post-processing to their output by default, in order to capture common warning and error messages. The processor searches for messages from both NAnt itself and from Microsoft build tools.

Locating NAnt

The nant binary is located using the following algorithm:

• If the command's custom nant executable field is set, its value is used.
• If a property named nant.bin is defined, its value is used.
• Otherwise, nant is assumed to be in the PATH.