Logging/Get-LogFolder.private.ps1
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function Get-LogFolder { param ( # in order to find the folder to log to we are given the root folder pattern to traverse up to [parameter()][string]$PreferredFolder = 'log', [parameter(Mandatory)][string]$ApplicationName ) $havePermissions = $false if ($PreferredFolder) { $logFolder = Find-item -Directory -ItemName $PreferredFolder # check we can write to it if ($logFolder) { $testFilename = [guid]::NewGuid() try { $null = New-Item $testFilename -WhatIf:$false -Confirm:$false $havePermissions = $true } catch { Write-Warning "Found log folder $($logFolder.FullName) however we couldn't write a file to it so we are falling back to the temp folder. ($_)" } finally { if (Test-Path $testFilename) { $null = Remove-Item $testFilename -WhatIf:$false -Confirm:$false } } } } if (-not $logfolder -or -not $havePermissions) { $logFolder = Join-Path $ENV:TEMP $ApplicationName # create the folder $null = New-Item $logfolder -force -ItemType Directory } Write-Output $logFolder } |