# vcpkg_execute_build_process The latest version of this document lives in the [vcpkg repo](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/maintainers/vcpkg_execute_build_process.md). Execute a required build process ## Usage ```cmake vcpkg_execute_build_process( COMMAND [...] [NO_PARALLEL_COMMAND [...]] WORKING_DIRECTORY LOGNAME ) ) ``` ## Parameters ### COMMAND The command to be executed, along with its arguments. ### NO_PARALLEL_COMMAND Optional parameter which specifies a non-parallel command to attempt if a failure potentially due to parallelism is detected. ### WORKING_DIRECTORY The directory to execute the command in. ### LOGNAME The prefix to use for the log files. This should be a unique name for different triplets so that the logs don't conflict when building multiple at once. ## Examples * [icu](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/ports/icu/portfile.cmake) ## Source [scripts/cmake/vcpkg\_execute\_build\_process.cmake](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_execute_build_process.cmake)