en-US/Executable-help.xml

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  <command:command xmlns:maml="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/2004/10" xmlns:command="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/command/2004/10" xmlns:dev="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/2004/10" xmlns:MSHelp="http://msdn.microsoft.com/mshelp">
    <command:details>
      <command:name>Invoke-Executable</command:name>
      <command:verb>Invoke</command:verb>
      <command:noun>Executable</command:noun>
      <maml:description>
        <maml:para>Executes a executable file (*.exe) and handles stderr and exit codes</maml:para>
      </maml:description>
    </command:details>
    <maml:description>
      <maml:para>By default when powershell runs an executable any output to stderr is converted to an ErrorRecord. Many console applications simply write to stderr as a way of separating output from stdout - not because there was an error.</maml:para>
    </maml:description>
    <command:syntax>
      <command:syntaxItem>
        <maml:name>Invoke-Executable</maml:name>
        <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByValue)" position="1" aliases="none">
          <maml:name>Command</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>The executable and arguments</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String[]</command:parameterValue>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>String[]</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
        <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="none">
          <maml:name>AllowableExitCodes</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>A list of exit codes that will not cause an exception to be thrown. By default, only an exit code of 0 is allowed.</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">Int32[]</command:parameterValue>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>Int32[]</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>@(0)</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
        <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="none">
          <maml:name>StdErrAsErrorRecords</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>Causes lines written to stderr to be added to the output as ErrorRecords</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>SwitchParameter</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>False</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
        <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="wi">
          <maml:name>WhatIf</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>SwitchParameter</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>False</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
        <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="cf">
          <maml:name>Confirm</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>SwitchParameter</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>False</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
      </command:syntaxItem>
    </command:syntax>
    <command:parameters>
      <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByValue)" position="1" aliases="none">
        <maml:name>Command</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>The executable and arguments</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String[]</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>String[]</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
      <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="none">
        <maml:name>AllowableExitCodes</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>A list of exit codes that will not cause an exception to be thrown. By default, only an exit code of 0 is allowed.</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">Int32[]</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>Int32[]</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>@(0)</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
      <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="none">
        <maml:name>StdErrAsErrorRecords</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>Causes lines written to stderr to be added to the output as ErrorRecords</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="false" variableLength="false">SwitchParameter</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>SwitchParameter</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>False</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
      <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="wi">
        <maml:name>WhatIf</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="false" variableLength="false">SwitchParameter</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>SwitchParameter</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>False</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
      <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="named" aliases="cf">
        <maml:name>Confirm</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="false" variableLength="false">SwitchParameter</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>SwitchParameter</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>False</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
    </command:parameters>
    <command:inputTypes>
      <command:inputType>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>Inputs (if any)</maml:name>
        </dev:type>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para></maml:para>
        </maml:description>
      </command:inputType>
    </command:inputTypes>
    <command:returnValues>
      <command:returnValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>Output (if any)</maml:name>
        </dev:type>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para></maml:para>
        </maml:description>
      </command:returnValue>
    </command:returnValues>
    <maml:alertSet>
      <maml:alert>
        <maml:para>General notes</maml:para>
      </maml:alert>
    </maml:alertSet>
    <command:examples>
      <command:example>
        <maml:title>-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------</maml:title>
        <dev:code>PS C:\&gt; Invoke-Executable "robocopy C:\src C:\dest" -AllowableExitCodes 0,1,2,3,7</dev:code>
        <dev:remarks>
          <maml:para>Runs the executable robocopy.exe (presumably to copy C:\src to C:\dest) and will not throw an exception if the exit code is one of 0,1,2,3, or 7</maml:para>
        </dev:remarks>
      </command:example>
    </command:examples>
    <command:relatedLinks />
  </command:command>
</helpItems>