Public/Start-RSJob.ps1
Function Start-RSJob { <# .SYNOPSIS Starts a background job using runspaces. .DESCRIPTION This will run a command in the background, leaving your console available to perform other tasks. This uses runspaces in runspacepools which allows for throttling of running jobs. As the jobs are finished, they will automatically dispose of each runspace and allow other runspace jobs in queue to begin based on the throttling of the runspacepool. This is available on PowerShell V3 and above. By doing this, you can use the $Using: variable to take variables in the local scope and apply those directly into the scriptblock of the background runspace job. .PARAMETER ScriptBlock The scriptblock that holds all of the commands which will be run in the background runspace. You must specify at least one Parameter in the Param() to account for the item that is being piped into Start-Job. .PARAMETER FilePath This is the path to a file containing code that will be run in the background runspace job. .PARAMETER InputObject The object being piped into Start-RSJob or applied via the parameter. .PARAMETER Name The name of a background runspace job .PARAMETER Batch Name of the batch of RSJobs that will be run .PARAMETER ArgumentList List of values that will be applied at the end of the argument list in the Param() statement. .PARAMETER Throttle Number of concurrent running runspace jobs which are allowed at a time. .PARAMETER ModulesToImport A collection of modules that will be imported into the background runspace job. .PARAMETER PSSnapinsToImport A collection of PSSnapins that will be imported into the background runspace job. .PARAMETER FunctionsToImport A collection of functions that will be imported for use with a background runspace job. .PARAMETER FunctionFilesToImport A collection of files containing custom functions that will be imported into the background runspace job. .PARAMETER VariablesToImport A collection of variables that will be imported for use with a background runspace job. If used, $using:variable not expanded ! .NOTES Name: Start-RSJob Author: Boe Prox/Max Kozlov .EXAMPLE Get-ChildItem -Directory | Start-RSjob -Name {$_.Name} -ScriptBlock { Param($Directory) Write-Verbose $_ $Sum = (Get-ChildItem $Directory.FullName -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Measure-Object -Property Length -Sum).Sum [pscustomobject]@{ Name = $Directory.Name SizeMB = ([math]::round(($Sum/1MB),2)) } } Id Name State HasMoreData HasErrors Command -- ---- ----- ----------- --------- ------- 13 Contacts Running False False ... 14 Desktop Running False False ... 15 Documents Running False False ... 16 Downloads Running False False ... 17 Favorites Running False False ... 18 Links Running False False ... 19 Music Running False False ... 20 OneDrive Running False False ... 21 Pictures Running False False ... 22 Saved Games Running False False ... 23 Searches Running False False ... 24 Videos Running False False ... Get-RSJob | Receive-RSJob Name SizeMB ---- ------ Contacts 0 Desktop 7.24 Documents 83.99 Downloads 10259.6 Favorites 0 Links 0 Music 16691.89 OneDrive 1485.24 Pictures 1734.91 Saved Games 0 Searches 0 Videos 17.19 Description ----------- Starts a background runspace job that looks at the total size of each folder. Using Get-RSJob | Recieve-RSJob shows the results when the State is Completed. .EXAMPLE $Test = 'test' $Something = 1..10 1..5|start-rsjob -Name {$_} -ScriptBlock { Param($Object) [pscustomobject]@{ Result=($Object*2) Test=$Using:Test Something=$Using:Something } } Id Name State HasMoreData HasErrors Command -- ---- ----- ----------- --------- ------- 76 1 Completed True False ... 77 2 Running False False ... 78 3 Running False False ... 79 4 Completed False False ... 80 5 Completed False False ... Get-RSjob | Receive-RSJob Result Test Something ------ ---- --------- 2 test {1, 2, 3, 4...} 4 test {1, 2, 3, 4...} 6 test {1, 2, 3, 4...} 8 test {1, 2, 3, 4...} 10 test {1, 2, 3, 4...} Description ----------- Shows an example of the $Using: variable being used in the scriptblock. .EXAMPLE $Test = 42 $AnotherTest = 7 $String = 'SomeString' $ProcName = 'powershell_ise' $ScriptBlock = { Param($y,$z) [pscustomobject] @{ Test = $y Proc = (Get-Process -Name $Using:ProcName) String = $Using:String AnotherTest = ($z+$_) PipedObject = $_ } } 1..5|Start-RSJob $ScriptBlock -ArgumentList $test, $anothertest Description ----------- Shows an example of the $Using: variable being used in the scriptblock as well as $_ and multiple -ArgumentList parameters. #> [OutputType('RSJob')] [cmdletbinding( DefaultParameterSetName = 'ScriptBlock' )] Param ( [parameter(Mandatory = $True, Position = 0, ParameterSetName = 'ScriptBlock')] [ScriptBlock]$ScriptBlock, [parameter(Position = 0, ParameterSetName = 'ScriptPath')] [string]$FilePath, [parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $True, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $True)] [object]$InputObject, [parameter()] [object]$Name, [parameter()] [string]$Batch = $([guid]::NewGuid().ToString()), [parameter()] [array]$ArgumentList = @(), [parameter()] [int]$Throttle = 5, [parameter()] [Alias('ModulesToLoad')] [string[]]$ModulesToImport, [parameter()] [Alias('PSSnapinsToLoad')] [string[]]$PSSnapinsToImport, [parameter()] [Alias('FunctionsToLoad')] [string[]]$FunctionsToImport, [parameter()] [Alias('FunctionFilesToLoad')] [string[]]$FunctionFilesToImport, [parameter()] [Alias('VariablesToLoad')] [string[]]$VariablesToImport ) Begin { If ($PSBoundParameters['Debug']) { $DebugPreference = 'Continue' } Write-Debug "[BEGIN]" If ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Verbose')) { Write-Verbose "Displaying PSBoundParameters" $PSBoundParameters.GetEnumerator() | ForEach-Object { Write-Verbose $_ } } If ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Name')) { If ($Name -isnot [scriptblock]) { $JobName = [scriptblock]::Create("Write-Output `"$Name`"") } Else { $JobName = [scriptblock]::Create( ($Name -replace '\$_', '$Item')) } } Else { Write-Verbose "Creating default Job Name" $JobName = [scriptblock]::Create('Write-Output Job$($Id)') } $InitialSessionState = [System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.InitialSessionState]::CreateDefault() If ($PSBoundParameters['ModulesToImport']) { [void]$InitialSessionState.ImportPSModule($ModulesToImport) } If ($PSBoundParameters['PSSnapinsToImport']) { ForEach ($PSSnapin in $PSSnapinsToImport) { [void]$InitialSessionState.ImportPSSnapIn($PSSnapin, [ref]$Null) } } If ($PSBoundParameters['FunctionsToImport']) { Write-Verbose "Loading custom functions: $($FunctionsToImport -join '; ')" ForEach ($Function in $FunctionsToImport) { Try { RegisterScriptScopeFunction -Name $Function $Definition = Get-Content Function:\$Function -ErrorAction Stop Write-Debug "Definition: $($Definition)" $SessionStateFunction = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.SessionStateFunctionEntry -ArgumentList $Function, $Definition $InitialSessionState.Commands.Add($SessionStateFunction) } Catch { Write-Warning "$($Function): $($_.Exception.Message)" } #Check for an alias and add it as well If ($Alias = Get-Alias | Where-Object { $_.Definition -eq $Function }) { $AliasEntry = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.SessionStateAliasEntry -ArgumentList $Alias.Name, $Alias.Definition $InitialSessionState.Commands.Add($AliasEntry) } } } If ($PSBoundParameters['FunctionFilesToImport']) { Write-Verbose "Loading custom function files : $($FunctionFilesToImport -join '; ')" $functionsInFiles = GetFunctionByFile -FilePath $FunctionFilesToImport if ($null -eq $functionsInFiles) { Write-Warning "Cannot find any functions in given files" } else { ForEach ($function in $functionsInFiles) { $functionName = $function.Name Write-Verbose "Loading custom function : $functionName" try { $functionDefinition = GetFunctionDefinitionByFunction -FunctionItem $function $SessionStateFunction = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.SessionStateFunctionEntry -ArgumentList $functionName, $functionDefinition $InitialSessionState.Commands.Add($SessionStateFunction) } catch { Write-Warning "$($functionName): $($_.Exception.Message)" } #Check for an alias and add it as well if ($Alias = Get-Alias | Where-Object { $_.Definition -eq $Function }) { $AliasEntry = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.SessionStateAliasEntry -ArgumentList $Alias.Name, $Alias.Definition $InitialSessionState.Commands.Add($AliasEntry) } } } } If ($PSBoundParameters['VariablesToImport']) { Write-Verbose "Loading variables: $($VariablesToImport -join '; ')" $UserVariables = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList $vartable = $null foreach ($varname in $VariablesToImport) { If ($MyInvocation.CommandOrigin -eq 'Runspace') { $vars = @(Get-Variable $varname -ErrorAction Continue | Where-Object { $_.Options -notmatch 'Constant' }) } else { # matching support uses powershell internals if ([System.Management.Automation.WildcardPattern]::ContainsWildcardCharacters($varname)) { if (-not $vartable) { $Flags = 'static', 'nonpublic', 'instance' $internal_p = $PSCmdlet.SessionState.GetType().GetProperty('Internal',$Flags) $internal = $internal_p.GetValue($PSCmdlet.SessionState, $null) $vartable_m = $internal.GetType().GetMethod('GetVariableTable',$Flags) $vartable = $vartable_m.Invoke($internal, $null).GetEnumerator() | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Key } $vars = @($vartable | Where-Object { $_ -like $varname } | ForEach-Object { $PSCmdlet.SessionState.PSVariable.Get($_) }) } else { $vars = @($PSCmdlet.SessionState.PSVariable.Get($varname)) } } [void]$UserVariables.AddRange($vars) } if ($UserVariables.Count -gt 0) { Write-Verbose "Loaded variables: $(($UserVariables | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name) -join '; ')" foreach($var in $UserVariables) { $v = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.SessionStateVariableEntry -ArgumentList $var.Name, $var.Value, $var.Description $InitialSessionState.Variables.Add($v) } } } If ($PSBoundParameters['FilePath']) { $ScriptBlock = [scriptblock]::Create((Get-Content $FilePath | Out-String)) } $List = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList $ForeachDetected = $false $ForeachValue = $null # in v2 $_ variable always defined, so $ForeachDetected always be true on this state If ($PSCmdlet.SessionState.PSVariable.Get('_')) { Write-Debug 'it may be ForEach loop' $ForeachDetected = $true # on v2 $_ always exists in begin block, on v3+ only in process for foreach loop like $data | Foreach-Object { "here it is: $_" } Try { $ForeachValue = $PSCmdlet.SessionState.PSVariable.Get('_') | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Value if ($ForeachValue -eq $null) { $ForeachDetected = $false # since psv2 traps on above code, we always do not support $null in $_ } } Catch { #useless message: always exists on v2 when $_ absent and never on v3+ # Write-Warning "Start-RSJob : Error adding pipeline variable $($_.Exception.Message)" $ForeachDetected = $false # on psv2 we doesn't support "$null | %{ Start-RSJob }" pattern } } Write-Debug "ListCount: $($List.Count)" } Process { Write-Debug "[PROCESS]" If ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('InputObject')) { [void]$List.AddRange(@($InputObject)) # If we here - it is not foreach loop $ForeachDetected = $false } } End { Write-Debug "[END]" $SBParamVars = @(GetParamVariable -ScriptBlock $ScriptBlock) $SBParamCount = $SBParamVars.Count $ArgumentCount = $ArgumentList.Count # We add $_ into list only if there is no InputObject # so in case: $data | Foreach-Object { $_.Value | Start-RSJob } # rsjob get as input $_.Value but not $_ # but for: $data | Foreach-Object { Start-RSJob } # rsjob can get $_ as input ### for long param() lists it can lead to insert null as first param ###if ($List.Count -eq 0 -and -not $ForeachDetected) { ### #make empty call ( Start-RSJob ) like ( $null | Start-RSJob ) call to support $null as InputObject in $null | Foreach-Object { Start-RSJob } case ### $ForeachDetected = $true ###} if ($ForeachDetected) { Write-Debug 'it is ForEach loop' [void]$List.Add($ForeachValue) } # NewParam variant if ($List.Count) { $ArgumentCount++ } # we add $_ into param() block when (ArgumentList+InputObject).Count > scriptBlock.Param().Count #or ForeachDetected #$InsertPSItemParam = ($ArgumentCount -gt $SBParamCount -and $List.Count) # Current version behaviour variant $ArgumentCount = $ArgumentList.Count # Without 'Ignore' fix #$InsertPSItemParam = ($SBParamCount -ne 1 -or (($SBParamCount -ne $ArgumentCount) -xor $List.Count)) # With 'Ignore' fix $InsertPSItemParam = (($SBParamCount -ne 1 -or $SBParamCount -eq $ArgumentCount) -and $List.Count) # Write-Debug ("ArgumentCount: $ArgumentCount | List.Count: $($List.Count) | SBParamCount: $SBParamCount | InsertPSItemParam: $InsertPSItemParam") #region Convert ScriptBlock for $Using: $PreviousErrorAction = $ErrorActionPreference $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' Write-Verbose "PowerShell Version: $($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major)" $UsingVariables = $UsingVariableValues = @() if (-Not $PSBoundParameters['VariablesToImport']) { Switch ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major) { 2 { Write-Verbose "Using PSParser with PowerShell V2" $UsingVariables = @(GetUsingVariablesV2 -ScriptBlock $ScriptBlock) Write-Verbose "Using Count: $($UsingVariables.count)" Write-Verbose "$($UsingVariables|Out-String)" Write-Verbose "CommandOrigin: $($MyInvocation.CommandOrigin)" If ($UsingVariables.count -gt 0) { $UsingVariableValues = @($UsingVariables | ForEach-Object { $Name = $_.Content -replace 'Using:' Try { If ($MyInvocation.CommandOrigin -eq 'Runspace') { $Value = (Get-Variable -Name $Name).Value } Else { $Value = $PSCmdlet.SessionState.PSVariable.Get($Name).Value If ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Value)) { Throw 'No value!' } } New-Object V2UsingVariable -Property @{ Name = $Name NewName = '$__using_{0}' -f $Name Value = $Value NewVarName = ('__using_{0}') -f $Name } } Catch { Throw "Start-RSJob : The value of the using variable '$($Var.SubExpression.Extent.Text)' cannot be retrieved because it has not been set in the local session." } }) Write-Verbose ("Found {0} `$Using: variables!" -f $UsingVariableValues.count) } } Default { Write-Debug "Using AST with PowerShell V3+" $UsingVariables = @(GetUsingVariables $ScriptBlock) #region Get Variable Values If ($UsingVariables.count -gt 0) { $UsingVar = $UsingVariables | Group-Object SubExpression | ForEach-Object {$_.Group | Select-Object -First 1} Write-Debug "CommandOrigin: $($MyInvocation.CommandOrigin)" $UsingVariableValues = @(ForEach ($Var in $UsingVar) { Try { If ($MyInvocation.CommandOrigin -eq 'Runspace') { $Value = Get-Variable -Name $Var.SubExpression.VariablePath.UserPath } Else { $Value = ($PSCmdlet.SessionState.PSVariable.Get($Var.SubExpression.VariablePath.UserPath)) If ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Value)) { Throw 'No value!' } } [pscustomobject]@{ Name = $Var.SubExpression.Extent.Text Value = $Value.Value NewName = ('$__using_{0}' -f $Var.SubExpression.VariablePath.UserPath) NewVarName = ('__using_{0}' -f $Var.SubExpression.VariablePath.UserPath) } } Catch { Throw "Start-RSJob : The value of the using variable '$($Var.SubExpression.Extent.Text)' cannot be retrieved because it has not been set in the local session." } }) #endregion Get Variable Values Write-Verbose ("Found {0} `$Using: variables!" -f $UsingVariableValues.count) } } } } $ConvertScriptParams = @{ ScriptBlock = $ScriptBlock HasParam = ($SBParamVars.Count -ne 0) UsingVariables = $UsingVariables UsingVariableValues = $UsingVariableValues InsertPSItem = $InsertPSItemParam } If ($UsingVariableValues.Count -gt 0 -OR $InsertPSItemParam) { Switch ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major) { 2 { $NewScriptBlock = ConvertScriptBlockV2 @ConvertScriptParams } Default { $NewScriptBlock = ConvertScript @ConvertScriptParams } } } Else { $NewScriptBlock = $ScriptBlock } $ErrorActionPreference = $PreviousErrorAction #endregion Convert ScriptBlock for $Using: Write-Debug "NewScriptBlock: $($NewScriptBlock)" #region RunspacePool Creation [System.Threading.Monitor]::Enter($PoshRS_RunspacePools.syncroot) try { $__RSPObject = $PoshRS_RunspacePools | Where-Object { $_.RunspacePoolID -eq $Batch } If ($__RSPObject) { Write-Verbose "Using current runspacepool <$($__RSPObject.RunspacePoolID)>" $RunspacePoolID = $__RSPObject.RunspacePoolID $RSPObject = $__RSPObject $RSPObject.LastActivity = Get-Date } Else { Write-Verbose "Creating new runspacepool <$Batch>" $RunspacePoolID = $Batch $PSModulePath = $env:PSModulePath $RunspacePool = [runspacefactory]::CreateRunspacePool($InitialSessionState) If ($RunspacePool.psobject.Properties["ApartmentState"]) { #ApartmentState doesn't exist in Nano Server $RunspacePool.ApartmentState = 'STA' } [void]$RunspacePool.SetMaxRunspaces($Throttle) If ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -gt 2) { $RunspacePool.CleanupInterval = [timespan]::FromMinutes(2) } $RunspacePool.Open() $RSPObject = New-Object RSRunspacePool -Property @{ RunspacePool = $RunspacePool MaxJobs = $RunspacePool.GetMaxRunspaces() RunspacePoolID = $RunspacePoolID LastActivity = Get-Date } #[System.Threading.Monitor]::Enter($PoshRS_RunspacePools.syncroot) #Temp add [void]$PoshRS_RunspacePools.Add($RSPObject) $env:PSModulePath = $PSModulePath } } finally { [System.Threading.Monitor]::Exit($PoshRS_RunspacePools.syncroot) } #endregion RunspacePool Creation Write-Debug "ListCount: $($List.Count)" $RealPipeline = $List.Count -gt 0; if (-Not $RealPipeline) { [void]$List.Add($null) # fake job creation cycle } ForEach ($Item in $List) { $ID = Increment $PowerShell = [powershell]::Create().AddScript($NewScriptBlock, $True) $PowerShell.RunspacePool = $RSPObject.RunspacePool if ($RealPipeline) { Write-Verbose "Using $($Item) as pipeline variable" [void]$PowerShell.AddArgument($Item) } else { Write-Verbose "No InputObject" } Write-Verbose "Checking for Using: variables" If ($UsingVariableValues.count -gt 0) { For ($i=0;$i -lt $UsingVariableValues.count;$i++) { Write-Verbose "Adding Param: $($UsingVariableValues[$i].Name) Value: $($UsingVariableValues[$i].Value)" [void]$PowerShell.AddParameter($UsingVariableValues[$i].NewVarName, $UsingVariableValues[$i].Value) } } Write-Verbose "Checking for ArgumentList" # if ($ArgumentList.Count -eq 1) { # Write-Verbose "Adding Argument: $($ArgumentList[0]) <$($ArgumentList[0].GetType().Fullname)>" # [void]$PowerShell.AddArgument($ArgumentList[0]) # } # else { ForEach ($Argument in $ArgumentList) { Write-Verbose "Adding Argument: $($Argument) <$($Argument.GetType().Fullname)>" [void]$PowerShell.AddArgument($Argument) } # } Write-Verbose "Invoking Runspace" $Handle = $PowerShell.BeginInvoke() Write-Verbose "Determining Job Name" $_JobName = If ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -eq 2) { $JobName.Invoke() } Else { $JobName.InvokeReturnAsIs() } $Object = New-Object RSJob -Property @{ Name = $_JobName InputObject = $Item InstanceID = [guid]::NewGuid().ToString() ID = $ID Handle = $Handle InnerJob = $PowerShell Runspace = $PowerShell.Runspace Finished = $Handle.IsCompleted Command = $ScriptBlock.ToString() RunspacePoolID = $RunSpacePoolID Batch = $Batch } $RSPObject.LastActivity = Get-Date Write-Verbose "Adding RSJob to Jobs queue" [System.Threading.Monitor]::Enter($PoshRS_Jobs.syncroot) [void]$PoshRS_Jobs.Add($Object) [System.Threading.Monitor]::Exit($PoshRS_Jobs.syncroot) Write-Verbose "Display RSJob" $Object } } } |