Get-ScriptDirectory

[Nillth]

Just a minor update to the Built-in Snippit I thought I would share.

When developing code/debugging and running just a section, the built in Get-ScriptDirectory throws an error as the the values it is looking for do not exist, this will return the current working directory that the PowerShell Session Console is in.

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1. #Sample function that provides the location of the script
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3. function Get-ScriptDirectory
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5. {
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7. <#
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9.     .SYNOPSIS
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11.         Get-ScriptDirectory returns the proper location of the script.
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15.     .OUTPUTS
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17.         System.String
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21.     .NOTES
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23.         Returns the correct path within a packaged executable.
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25. #>
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27.     [OutputType([string])]
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29.     param ()
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31.     if ($hostinvocation -ne $null)
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33.     {
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35.         Split-Path $hostinvocation.MyCommand.path
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37.     }
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39.     elseif ($script:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path -ne $null)
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41.     {
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43.         Split-Path $script:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
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45.     }
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47.     else
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49.     {
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51.         $(Get-Location).path
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53.     }
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55. }

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