find_msbuild_exe.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

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## Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar <sam@hocevar.net>
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import os

# This function finds the path of the MSBuild.exe executable (Visual Studio / MS Build Tools)
def find_msbuild(plat_spec="x64"):
    # https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Lib/distutils/_msvccompiler.py
    import distutils._msvccompiler as msvc
    vc_env = msvc._get_vc_env(plat_spec)
    if "vsinstalldir" not in vc_env:
        raise Exception("Unable to find any Visual Studio installation")
    return os.path.join(vc_env["vsinstalldir"], "MSBuild", "Current", "Bin", "MSBuild.exe")  # noqa