Find path and name of script from script?

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    alec_burgess
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    Find path and name of script from script?

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    Newbie question 2:I want to determine the containing folder and name of the script being executed from within the script. how do I do the equivalent of these lines of VBScript code?==========We are working with two object, the FileSystemObject, and the Shell object. I have created them here.thisDir = objFSO.GetFolder( objFSO.GetParentFolderName( WScript.ScriptFullName ) ) & ""This
    line (there should be no line break) retrieves the name of the folder
    that you've keeping the backup files in. We could have simply coded in
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    gagaga
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    Find path and name of script from script?

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    To return the script name:
    $thisScript = Split-Path $myInvocation.MyCommand.Path -Leaf
    To return the parent folder of the script
    $scriptRoot = Split-Path (Resolve-Path $myInvocation.MyCommand.Path)
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