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README.md

% DOTNET(1) % Zlatko Knezevic zlakne@microsoft.com % January 2016

NAME

dotnet -- general driver for running the command-line commands

SYNOPSIS

dotnet [--version] [--help] [--verbose] < command > [< args >]

DESCRIPTION

dotnet is a generic driver for the CLI toolchain. Invoked on its own, it will give out brief usage instructions.

Each specific feature is implemented as a command. In order to use the feature, it is specified after dotnet, i.e. dotnet compile. All of the arguments following the command are command's own arguments.

OPTIONS

-v, --verbose

Enable verbose output.

--version

Print out the version of the CLI tooling

-h, --help

Print out a short help and a list of current commands.

DOTNET COMMANDS

The following commands exist for dotnet.

dotnet-compile(1)

Compile the application to either an intermidiate language (IL) or to a native binary.

dotnet-restore(1)

Restores the dependencies for a given application.

dotnet-run(1)

Runs the application from source.

dotnet-publish(1)

Publishes a flat directory that contains the application and its dependencies, including the runtime binaries.

dotnet-test(1)

Runs tests using a test runner specified in project.json.

dotnet-new(1)

Initializes a sample .NET Core console application.

EXAMPLES

dotnew new

Initializes a sample .NET Core console application that can be compiled and ran.

dotnet restore

Restores dependencies for a given application.

dotnet compile

Compiles the application in a given directory.

ENVIRONMENT

DOTNET_PACKAGES

The primary package cache. If not set, defaults to $HOME/.nuget/packages on Unix or %LOCALAPPDATA%\NuGet\Packages (TBD) on Windows.

DOTNET_PACKAGES_CACHE

The secondary cache. This is used by shared hosters (such as Azure) to provide a cache of pre-downloaded common packages on a faster disk. If not set it is not used.

DOTNET_SERVICING

Specifies the location of the servicing index to use by the shared host when loading the runtime.