en-US/Executable-help.xml
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<helpItems schema="maml" xmlns="http://msh"> <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:\> 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> |