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    sorry but i cannot get what you have and what you want

    for executing 1 script from another you ca use this construction

    . "c:\Some\Path\script.ps1" -param1 "value1" -param2 "value2"

    if you need to start some exe you can use this construction (as i mentioned before)

    & "c:\windows\system32\ping.exe" 127.0.0.1 -a
    what parameters and in which format received your exe/ps1, you need to check in a documentation

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    • Edited by Vector BCO Monday, July 13, 2020 1:36 PM
    • Marked as answer by DADasRF Thursday, July 23, 2020 9:47 AM
    Monday, July 13, 2020 1:34 PM

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    hi,

    am having a create a subfolder inside a directory, if doesnt exist. its called LOGS folder. And if it exists , i need to create .log files for each and every actions that's happening in the PS code.

    am a newbie in PS.

    how to implement this. i checked this link  : https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/473565-powershell-script-to-create-subfolder-in-all-folders-but-not-create-if-existing

    am not sure whether this is correct code or not.

    Das


    Hi DADasRF

    did you try that code? or we should do that for you?

    you already have construction, and if you do not know what exact command do you can simply help commandname -full or you can just google it

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    Monday, July 13, 2020 9:44 AM
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    i tried it now, with few changes and its working now. but now, my question is how to create a .log file within this LOGS folder and write the activities into the .log file whenever something happens.

    this is to track the happenings in the ps code ,here my business rule is , to trigger another exe( say MiddlewareProcess.exe,  and which will in turn, that will consume another process-informatica-job.

    hence would like to perform logging in all aspects of this process/ ps code.

    do you have any sample code that writes into a .log file whenever something happens - line by line execution 

     

    Das

    Monday, July 13, 2020 10:03 AM
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    line by line

    'some message' | out-file "c:\Some\Folder\some.log" -append

    everything

    start-transcript "c:\Some\Folder\Some.log"
"some message"
& c:\tools\3rdpartytool.exe

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    Monday, July 13, 2020 10:12 AM
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    if i say , "... LOGS\some.log -append", will the .log file creates automatically or i need to the existence of that  .log file again ?   because if there are multiple log files, how can i differentiate ? how can i put the name if the log file with curentdate-time - say - myogfile1_20200713_2210am.log file.. ,  wanna add the curentdatetime suffixed to the log file.

    is it psosible

    thanks for your help

     

    Das

    Monday, July 13, 2020 10:43 AM
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    if i say , "... LOGS\some.log -append", will the .log file creates automatically or i need to the existence of that  .log file again ?   because if there are multiple log files, how can i differentiate ? how can i put the name if the log file with curentdate-time - say - myogfile1_20200713_2210am.log file.. ,  wanna add the curentdatetime suffixed to the log file.

    is it psosible

    thanks for your help

    Das

    did you check will log file be created? It takes 5 min, and you will know for sure

    for working with datetime you have cmdlet get-date with parameters format and uformat

    you can get help for this command with help get-date -full

    Example:

    $DateTime = Get-Date -Format "yyyyMMdd_HHmm"
$LogName = "C:\Some\Folder\Some_$DateTime.log"
'Some message' | out-file $logname -append

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    Monday, July 13, 2020 11:56 AM
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     thanks again! am checking along with my businessrule .

    also, i need to pass few parameters to the EXE(called the middlewareprocess), which my powershell consumes/calls.

    Das

    Monday, July 13, 2020 12:12 PM
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     thanks again! am checking along with my businessrule .

    also, i need to pass few parameters to the EXE(called the middlewareprocess), which my powershell consumes/calls.

    Das

    for that you need to check you middlewareprocess documentation

    if you have working parameters, then you can try provide those parameters directly to the exe file

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    Monday, July 13, 2020 12:25 PM
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    there was similar ps file, which has hardcoded params, now, as per the new business rule its changed .

    its based on the 4 different alphanumeric values- AB-XY1 , CD-LM2 , etc ..

    "if you have working parameters, then you can try provide those parameters directly to the exe file" -->

    regarding this, can you please elaborate a little bit.

    please let me know , how to provide these params directly to the exe file.

     

    Das

    Monday, July 13, 2020 1:14 PM
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    sorry but i cannot get what you have and what you want

    for executing 1 script from another you ca use this construction

    . "c:\Some\Path\script.ps1" -param1 "value1" -param2 "value2"

    if you need to start some exe you can use this construction (as i mentioned before)

    & "c:\windows\system32\ping.exe" 127.0.0.1 -a
    what parameters and in which format received your exe/ps1, you need to check in a documentation

    The opinion expressed by me is not an official position of Microsoft


    • Edited by Vector BCO Monday, July 13, 2020 1:36 PM
    • Marked as answer by DADasRF Thursday, July 23, 2020 9:47 AM
    Monday, July 13, 2020 1:34 PM
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    "did you check will log file be created? It takes 5 min, and you will know for sure

    for working with datetime you have cmdlet get-date with parameters format and uformat "

     yes, Vector, the log file is created successfully. before passing the params to the midlewareEXE file, i would like to create this   ((-appending messages to the  .log file  ))- as a  function call.

    **small change in the requirement**

    so, say, when , initially when the ps triggers, it chekcs for the LOGS folder exists or not, if not , it will create  a  LOGS folder and inside that, a new .log file has to be created and start logging all activities.

    so, till now, am able to create a LOGS folder and  create a .log file, now.   but am confused , what are the parameters to be passed to this custom funcation call to append messages to the newly created .log file

    Das

    Tuesday, July 14, 2020 12:02 PM
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    "did you check will log file be created? It takes 5 min, and you will know for sure

    for working with datetime you have cmdlet get-date with parameters format and uformat "

     yes, Vector, the log file is created successfully. before passing the params to the midlewareEXE file, i would like to create this   ((-appending messages to the  .log file  ))- as a  function call.

    **small change in the requirement**

    so, say, when , initially when the ps triggers, it chekcs for the LOGS folder exists or not, if not , it will create  a  LOGS folder and inside that, a new .log file has to be created and start logging all activities.

    so, till now, am able to create a LOGS folder and  create a .log file, now.   but am confused , what are the parameters to be passed to this custom funcation call to append messages to the newly created .log file

    Das

    what do you mean by function call this is 2 lines of code and you have both of them test-path/new-item + start-transcript (once) or test-path/new-item + out-file (for each logged line)

    if you do not know what to do in a script try write down all manual steps you do for your needs. Like:
    1 open folder A1
    2 create folder B1
    3 execute command C
    4 copy/paste output to the log D
    ...

    then if needed you can draw working diagram, and search exactly what you need, and ask us question with a code & error

    for now your questions is too general for giving you what you need because (as 4 me) your use case is unclear: some program, some parameters, some function doing som thing

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    Tuesday, July 14, 2020 12:57 PM
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    am sorry for the confusion created, will detail out the steps, what i have achieved / where am stuck it.

    Thanks for your time.

    Das

    Tuesday, July 14, 2020 6:02 PM
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