export-command.md

export Command

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The export command creates a shrinkwrapped archive containing a specific set of libraries (and their dependencies) that can be quickly and reliably shared with build servers or other users in your organization. export only supports classic mode at this time.

• --nuget: NuGet package
• --zip: Zip archive
• --7zip: 7Zip archive
• --raw: Raw, uncompressed folder

Each of these have the same internal layout which mimics the layout of a full vcpkg instance:

• installed/ contains the library files
• scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake is the CMake toolchain file
• scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.props and scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets are the MSBuild integration files

NuGet package exports will also contain a build\native\vcpkg.targets that integrates with MSBuild projects using the NuGet package manager.

Please also see our blog post for additional examples.