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```dotnetcli
dotnet build [<PROJECT>|<SOLUTION>|<FILE>] [-a|--arch <ARCHITECTURE>]
[--artifacts-path <ARTIFACTS_DIR>]
[--artifacts-path <ARTIFACTS_DIR>] [-bl|--binaryLogger:<FILE>]
[-c|--configuration <CONFIGURATION>] [--disable-build-servers]
[-f|--framework <FRAMEWORK>] [--force] [--interactive]
[--no-dependencies] [--no-incremental] [--no-restore] [--nologo]
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- [!INCLUDE [artifacts-path](../../../includes/cli-artifacts-path.md)]

- **`-bl|--binaryLogger:<FILE>`**

Enables the binary logger and optionally specifies the output file name.
If no file name is provided, the default is `msbuild.binlog` in the current directory.

The binary log contains detailed build information and can be opened with the
[MSBuild Structured Log Viewer](https://msbuildlog.com).

```dotnetcli
dotnet build -bl
dotnet build -bl:build-log.binlog
```

- [!INCLUDE [configuration](../../../includes/cli-configuration.md)]

- [!INCLUDE [disable-build-servers](../../../includes/cli-disable-build-servers.md)]
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