| | | MSBuild syntax |
| @ | Specifies a response file that contins other compiler options to be used for this compilation | ResponseFiles |
| addmodule | Adds a module (which is created with -target:module) to this assembly | AddModules |
| appconfig | Specifies an application configuration file containing assembly binding settings | ApplicationConfiguration |
| baseaddress | | |
| bugreport | | |
| checked | Specifies whether an integer arithmetic statement that results in a value that is outside the range of the data type causes a run-time exception | CheckForOverflowUnderflow |
| checksumalgorithm | Specifies algorithm for calculating source file checksum stored in the symbol file (PDB) | ChecksumAlgorithm |
| codepage | Specifies the codepage to use when opening source files. | CodePage |
| debug | Emits debugging information | DebugType |
| define | Defines SYMBOLS to be queried in the source code with #ifdef SYMBOLNAME. | DefineConstants |
| delaysign | Delay-sign the assembly using only the public portion of the strong name key. Compare with -publicsign | DelaySign |
| deterministic | Makes sure that compiling the same source mutliple times results in the exact byte stream | Deterministic |
| doc | Generates XML doc file from /// comments | DocumentationFile |
| errorendlocation | Lets the compiler output the column and line number of the end of each error message | ErrorEndLocation |
| errorlog | Names a file that logs compiler and analyzer diagnostics | ErrorLog |
| errorreport | if and how compiler errors are reported to Microsoft. Compare with Windows Error Reporting (WER). | |
| filealign | Specifies the alignment used for output file sections. | FileAlignment |
| fullpaths | Lets the compiler generate fully qualified paths | GenerateFullPaths |
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| highentropyva | Enables high-entropy Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) | HighEntropyVA |
| keycontainer | Specifies a strong name key container | KeyContainer |
| keyfile | Specifies a strong name key file | KeyFile |
| langversion | Specifies the language version (such as default, latest (=latestmajor), preview, 10.0 etc.) | LangVersion |
| lib | Specifies additional directories to search in for references. | AdditionalLibPaths |
| link | -link:/path/to/assembly.dll makes the COM type information in assembly.dll available to the project being compiled. | EmbedInteropTypes |
| linkresource | Links the specified resource to this assembly | LinkResources |
| main | Specifies the type that contains the entry point | MainEntryPoint, StartupObject |
| moduleassemblyname | Names the assembly that this module will be a part of. | ModuleAssemblyName |
| noconfig | Causes the CSC.RSP file (which lists all assemblies that are shipped with the .NET framework) not to be included | NoConfig |
| nologo | Suppresses the copyright message | NoLogo |
| nostdlib | prevents importing the standard library mscorlib.dll | NoStandardLib |
| nowarn | compare with -warn:n | |
| nowin32manifest | | |
| nullable | Enable nullable context or nullable warning | Nullable |
| optimize | Enables code optimazation | Optimize |
| out | Name of the assembly being generated | OutputAssembly |
| pathmap | Specifies a mapping for source path names output by the compiler. | PathMap |
| pdb | Specifies the debug information file | PdbFile |
| platform | Specifies which version of the CLR can run the produced assembly | PlatformTarget |
| preferreduilang | Specifies the preferred output language name. | PreferredUILang |
| publicsign | Publically signs the assembly. Compare with -delaysign | PublicSign |
| recurse | | |
| reference | Specifies an assembly with metadata to be referenced | References |
| refout | Generates a reference assembly | ProduceReferenceAssembly |
| refonly | | |
| reportanalyzer | Reports additional analyzer information such as execution time | ReportAnalyzer |
| resource | Embed the specified resource. Can be abbreviated with -res | Resources |
| ruleset | Specifies a ruleset file that disables specific diagnostics | CodeAnalysisRuleSet |
| subsystemversion | Specifies subsystem version of this assembly | SubsystemVersion |
| target | For example used to create a DLL (-target:library). | TargetType |
| unsafe | Allows to compile code that is denoted to be unsafe | AllowUnsafeBlocks |
| utf8output | Lets the compiler print messages in UTF-8 | Utf8Output |
| warn | Sets the warning level to 0 (least) through 4 (most). 4 is the default. Compare with -nowarn and -warnaserror. | WarningLevel |
| warnaserror | Treat all warnings as error | TreatWarningsAsErrors, WarningsAsErrors, WarningsNotAsErrors |
| win32icon | References metadata from the specified assembly file or files | Win32Icon |
| win32manifest | Specifies a Win32 manifest file (.xml) | Win32Manifest |
| win32res | Specifies a Win32 resource file | Win32Resource |