Q:

How do I view the metaproj files generated by Visual Studio when building an ASP.NET website?

I have a fairly large solution with a mix of assemblies and ASP.NET websites (the ones without a csproj file). I'm trying to customize the build from the command line, and so I need to understand what exactly MSBuild is doing.
When MSBuild builds .sln file, I see that it creates metaproj files (which I assume are MSBuild files). However, they never seem to appear on the file system. I assume that MSBuild keeps them hidden in some way. Is there a way that I can view these files?

A:

use the following environment variable:
set MSBuildEmitSolution=1

