IIS/Enable-IisDirectoryBrowsing.ps1

# Copyright 2012 Aaron Jensen
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function Enable-IisDirectoryBrowsing
{
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Enables directory browsing under all or part of a website.
 
    .DESCRIPTION
    Enables directory browsing (i.e. showing the contents of a directory by requesting that directory in a web browser) for a website. To enable directory browsing on a directory under the website, pass the virtual path to that directory as the value to the `Directory` parameter.
 
    .EXAMPLE
    Enable-IisDirectoryBrowsing -SiteName Peanuts
 
    Enables directory browsing on the `Peanuts` website.
 
    .EXAMPLE
    Enable-IisDirectoryBrowsing -SiteName Peanuts -Directory Snoopy/DogHouse
 
    Enables directory browsing on the `/Snoopy/DogHouse` directory under the `Peanuts` website.
    #>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]
        # The name of the site where the virtual directory is located.
        $SiteName,
        
        [Alias('Path')]
        [string]
        # The directory where directory browsing should be enabled.
        $VirtualPath
    )
    
    $location = Join-IisVirtualPath $SiteName $VirtualPath
    Write-Verbose "Enabling directory browsing at location '$location'."
    Invoke-AppCmd set config $location /section:directoryBrowse /enabled:true /commit:apphost
}