macOS XCode 4 Command-line application build location?

[NickVellios]

In Xcode 3, if you build a command-line application in C++, it compiles to a folder in the project folder and you can run it. In Xcode 4, I have not been able to figure out where it builds to. I searched my Mac, dug around in all the settings, but there is no binary. I can run the application, but no binary to be found.

What the...?

 

[misee]

Check ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData. Or set the build location in the preferences under "Locations" (hope it works, haven't really checked it out myself). I don't quite understand why the product isn't placed in the projects folder by default (while I sort of understand the use of the ~/Library folder).

 

[chown33]

Xcode 4 has a different build output location than Xcode 3.

Did you read the Xcode 4 Transition Guide? The Xcode 4 User Guide?

If not, you should.

Xcode 4 Transition Guide:
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/Xcode4TransitionGuide/

Xcode 4 User Guide:
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/ToolsLanguages/Conceptual/Xcode4UserGuide/

Xcode Quick Start Guide:
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/xcode_quick_start/


If you don't have a compelling requirement that can only be fulfilled by Xcode 4, you should probably just use Xcode 3 for real work, and use Xcode 4 only to learn how it works.

 

[jiminaus]

You can get the XCode 3 build behaviour by changing Build Location under Locations in Preferences from the default "Place build products in derived data location" to "Place build products in locations specified by targets".