Is there an environment variable for the Archive directory in Xcode?

Question

Is there an environment variable for the Archive directory in Xcode? I wasn't able to find any in the documentation: https://help.apple.com/xcode/mac/8.0/#/itcaec37c2a6

Answer 1

It's called ARCHIVE_PRODUCTS_PATH or ARCHIVE_PATH, depending on which one you want.

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To find out other useful (undocumented?) environment variables:

I made a script to print all the environment variables available during the archive process.

Add this is as a post-action Archive script (Schemes drop down → Edit Scheme... → Archive (expand dropdown) → Post-actions → Run Script → Paste the following:

#!/bin/sh
exec > ${PROJECT_DIR}/post-archive.log 2>&1
${PROJECT_DIR}/Scripts/print_all_environment_variables.sh

Script: (e.g. print_all_environment_variables.sh), set will print all environment variables

#!/bin/sh
set

Now you can have a look at post-archive.log and it will have a bunch of environment variables (more than 1000 lines). The one you're looking for is:

ARCHIVE_PRODUCTS_PATH='/Users/username/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives/DATE/Project Name DateTime.xcarchive/Products'

or,

ARCHIVE_PATH='/Users/username/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives/DATE/Project Name DateTime.xcarchive'