How to measure the build execution time?

Question

I am having build script in msbuild which will be invoked by powershell. Build log file would look like this. Build started 12/19/2011 2:01:54 PM. Build succeeded. 0 Warning(s) 0 Error(s) Time Elapsed 00:00:00.28 At starting point it will specify the build execution initiated time and the end it will say Time elapsed. I would like to find the execution time using powershell or msbuild. How can i add all the time elapsed value or find the difference between last build started occurrence with first build occurrence? As it is in log file , i don't know how to retrieve this and measure. JavaScript questions and answers, JavaScript questions pdf, JavaScript question bank, JavaScript questions and answers pdf, mcq on JavaScript pdf, JavaScript questions and solutions, JavaScript mcq Test , Interview JavaScript questions, JavaScript Questions for Interview, JavaScript MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)

Answer 1

Notice that if you use Measure-Command { }, it will consume the console output of your build. So any output would be gone. A less intrusive way of doing this is by simply doing a subtraction of Get-Date values. For example, here would be your build.ps1 script: $before = Get-Date $after = Get-Date $time = $after - $before $buildTime = "`nBuild finished in "; if ($time.Minutes -gt 0) { $buildTime += "{0} minute(s) " -f $time.Minutes; } $buildTime += "{0} second(s)" -f $time.Seconds;