Public/Export-VcManifest.ps1
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Function Export-VcManifest { <# .SYNOPSIS Exports the Visual C++ Redistributables JSON to an external file. .DESCRIPTION Reads the Visual C++ Redistributables JSON manifests included in the VcRedist module and exports the JSON to an external file. This enables editing of the JSON manifest for custom scenarios. .NOTES Author: Aaron Parker Twitter: @stealthpuppy .LINK https://docs.stealthpuppy.com/docs/vcredist/usage/export-manifests .PARAMETER Path Path to the JSON file the content will be exported to. .PARAMETER ExportAll Switch parameter that forces the export of Visual C++ Redistributables including unsupported Redistributables. .EXAMPLE Export-VcManifest -Path "C:\Temp\VisualCRedistributablesSupported.json" Description: Export the list of supported Visual C++ Redistributables to C:\Temp\VisualCRedistributablesSupported.json .EXAMPLE Export-VcManifest -Path "C:\Temp\VisualCRedistributables.json" -Export All Description: Export the full list of Visual C++ Redistributables, including unsupported, to C:\Temp\VisualCRedistributables.json #> [Alias("Export-VcXml")] [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $False, HelpURI = "https://docs.stealthpuppy.com/docs/vcredist/usage/export-manifests")] [OutputType([System.String])] Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline)] [ValidateNotNull()] [ValidateScript( { If (Test-Path $(Split-Path -Path $_ -Parent) -PathType 'Container') { $True } Else { Throw "Cannot find path $(Split-Path -Path $_ -Parent)" } })] [System.String] $Path ) # Get the list of VcRedists from Get-VcList [System.String] $Manifest = (Join-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Module.ModuleBase -ChildPath "VisualCRedistributables.json") # Output the manifest to supplied path try { Write-Verbose -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): Copying $Manifest to $Path." Copy-Item -Path $Manifest -Destination $Path } catch { Write-Warning -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): Failed to copy $Manifest to $Path." Throw $_.Exception.Message Break } finally { Write-Output -InputObject (Resolve-Path -Path $Path) } } |