Currently they generate under workspace folder. The built binary successfully builds in build folder with my tasks.json but how do I achieve the same for the obj and .pdb files. I tried doing that with /Fo and /Fd but it does not work as in with /Fo it complains about that the obj directory is not found and with /Fd it shows "fatal error C1041: cannot open program database 'C:\Projects\learningcpp\obj\vc140.pdb'; if multiple CL.EXE write to the same .PDB file, please use /FS"
My tasks.json file:
{
"tasks": [
{
"type": "cppbuild",
"label": "C/C++: cl.exe build active file",
"command": "cl.exe",
"args": [
"/Zi",
"/EHsc",
"/sdl",
"/nologo",
"/Fe${fileDirname}\\build\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
"/Fd${workspaceFolder}\\obj\\vc140.pdb",
"/Fo${workspaceFolder}\\obj\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.obj",
"${file}"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "${fileDirname}"
},
"problemMatcher": [
"$msCompile"
],
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
},
"detail": "Task generated by Debugger."
}
],
"version": "2.0.0"
}
I tried adding the /Fo and /Fd arguments. They resulted in errors. I did successfully made it so the generated binary is created in the build directory.