Building from the command line

To build one or more projects in the IDE workspace from the command line, use the following command:

mkbuild -ws <workspace> [options] 
mkbuild [-project] <full_project_path> [options] 
mkbuild -ws <workspace> -projects <project1,project2> [options]

Where:

• <project> is the name of a project of one of the project types supported by the IDE: Makefile project, QNX project, Managed project, and Container project.
• Options:
  
  • -stopOnError — stop on the first compile error. This option is not valid for a full workspace build.
  • -targets <target1[,target2...]> — the make targets (build, clean, rebuild or the custom make target)
  • -variant <variant> — the build variant (see below)
    
    • For a Managed project, the variant is the configuration to build. If it's not assigned, the default will be used.
    • For a QNX project, the variant is either All, Enabled, or platform/type (i.e. x86/release). Enabled means the configurations selected in the Build Variants tab of the project's properties.
    • For a container project, the variant is any defined container configuration. Note that a container project doesn't support targets; only use the variant.
    • For a workspace, the variant isn't used. The default variant for each project will be used.
    • For multiple projects, the defined variant for each project is used (the project must understand the variant).
  Note: No spaces are allowed for project names, as well as in the list of projects or targets.
• Environment — QDE=<path> can be used to override the default IDE installation location ($QNX_HOST/usr/qde).

If a project doesn't support a target, the default target would be built. By default, for make projects, no targets are defined; make targets have to be created from the UI in order to use named targets.

Examples

To build a default target and variant for the project projectA:

mkbuild /home/user/workspace/projectA

To build all projects in a specified workspace:

mkbuild -ws /home/user/workspace

To build using another IDE installation:

QDE=/home/user/IDE4.6 mkbuild ... 

To build the projectA and projectB projects with clean, all targets, and the x86 variant/configuration:

mkbuild -ws /home/user/workspace -projects projectA,projectB -target \
clean,all -variant x86

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