Examples showing how to use it #10

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1. ayewo commented on Oct 5, 2024

   

   ayewo

   on Oct 5, 2024

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   I hunted for the announcement link in the README (which now 404s) on the Internet Archive and found an example of how to use it:

   1. First, install it: Install-Module PowerShellLogging

   2. Save the following code to a file (e.g. test.ps1):

   Import-Module PowerShellLogging 
    
   $LogFile = Enable-LogFile -Path $env:temp\test.log 
    
   # Note - it is necessary to save the result of Enable-LogFile to a variable in order to keep the object alive.  As soon as the $LogFile variable is reassigned or falls out of scope, the LogFile object becomes eligible for garbage collection. 
    
   $VerbosePreference = 'Continue' 
   $DebugPreference = 'Continue' 
    
   Write-Host "Write-Host test." 
   "Out-Default test." 
   Write-Verbose "Write-Verbose test." 
   Write-Debug "Write-Debug test." 
   Write-Warning "Write-Warning test." 
   Write-Error "Write-Error test." 
   Write-Host ""   # To display a blank line in the file and on screen. 
   Write-Host "Multi`r`nLine`r`n`r`nOutput"  # To display behavior when strings have embedded newlines. 
    
   # Disable logging before the script exits (good practice, but the LogFile will be garbage collected so long as this variable was not in the Global Scope, as a backup in case the script crashes or you somehow forget to call Disable-LogFile). 
    
   $LogFile | Disable-LogFile 

   3. Run the sample: .\test.ps1

   • Original: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Enhanced-Script-Logging-27615f85
   • Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200325171107/http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Enhanced-Script-Logging-27615f85