functions/Watch-DbatoolsUpdate.ps1
function Watch-DbatoolsUpdate { <# .SYNOPSIS Just for fun - checks the PowerShell Gallery every 1 hour for updates to dbatools. Notifies once per release. .DESCRIPTION Just for fun - checks the PowerShell Gallery every 1 hour for updates to dbatools. Notifies once max per release. Anyone know how to make it clickable so that it opens an URL? .NOTES Tags: Module, Watcher Author: Chrissy LeMaire (@cl), netnerds.net Website: https://dbatools.io Copyright: (c) 2018 by dbatools, licensed under MIT License: MIT https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT .LINK https://dbatools.io/Watch-DbatoolsUpdate .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Watch-DbatoolsUpdate Watches the gallery for updates to dbatools. #> [CmdletBinding()] param() process { if (([Environment]::OSVersion).Version.Major -lt 10) { Write-Message -Level Warning -Message "This command only supports Windows 10 and higher." return } if ($null -eq (Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName "dbatools version check" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { Install-DbatoolsWatchUpdate } # leave this in for the scheduled task $module = Get-Module -Name dbatools if (-not $module) { Import-Module dbatools $module = Get-Module -Name dbatools } $galleryVersion = (Find-Module -Name dbatools -Repository PSGallery).Version $localVersion = $module.Version if ($galleryVersion -le $localVersion) { return } $file = "$(Get-DbatoolsPath -Name localappdata)\dbatools\watchupdate.xml" $new = [PSCustomObject]@{ NotifyVersion = $galleryVersion } # now that notifications stay until they are checked, we just have to keep # track of the last version we notified about if (Test-Path $file) { $old = Import-Clixml -Path $file -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if ($galleryVersion -gt $old.NotifyVersion) { Export-Clixml -InputObject $new -Path $file Show-Notification -GalleryVersion $galleryVersion } } else { $directory = Split-Path $file if (!(Test-Path $directory)) { $null = New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $directory } Export-Clixml -InputObject $new -Path $file Show-Notification -GalleryVersion $galleryVersion } } } |