Find Xcode Derived Data Location From Shell

Question

In Xcode > Preferences > Locations > Derived Data, you can specify a location for your derived data location.

I'm building a script and I'd like to be able to infer this location from the command line. I don't see anything in the Xcode app files.

Is there any way to read the current settings of Xcode from the terminal? It isn't a sensitive operation and doesn't need to be perfect.

Kerberos · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-27 18:22:40Z

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All the information of the build are in the project file.

You can get all build settings with:

xcodebuild -project yourapp.xcodeproj -showBuildSettings

then you can use a grep to get the build dir:

xcodebuild -project projectname -target targetname -showBuildSettings | grep -m 1 "CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR"

answered Sep 27, 2018 at 18:22

Kerberos

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