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multi = True if self.settings.get_safe("compiler") == "msvc" else False
if multi:
self.folders.generators = os.path.join("build", "generators")
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Please, check this comment: https://github.com/conan-io/examples2/pull/119/files#r1374419599 in the examples2 PR

self.folders.build = "build"
else:
self.folders.generators = os.path.join("build", str(self.settings.build_type), "generators")
self.folders.build = os.path.join("build", str(self.settings.build_type))


As you can see, we defined the **self.folders.generators** attribute in the `layout()`
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:caption: Linux, macOS

$ conan install . --build=missing
$ cd build
$ source ./Release/generators/conanbuild.sh
$ cd build/Release
$ source ./generators/conanbuild.sh
Capturing current environment in deactivate_conanbuildenv-release-x86_64.sh
Configuring environment variables
$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=Release/generators/conan_toolchain.cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
$ cmake ../.. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=generators/conan_toolchain.cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
$ cmake --build .
...
Building with CMake version: 3.22.6
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Uncompressed size is: 233
Compressed size is: 147
ZLIB VERSION: 1.2.11
$ source ./Release/generators/deactivate_conanbuild.sh
$ source ./generators/deactivate_conanbuild.sh

There's no need to always write this logic in the `conanfile.py`. There are some
pre-defined layouts you can import and directly use in your recipe. For example, for the
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