IIS/Join-IisVirtualPath.ps1

# Copyright 2012 Aaron Jensen
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function Join-IisVirtualPath
{
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Combines a path and a child path for an IIS website, application, virtual directory into a single path.
 
    .DESCRIPTION
    Removes extra slashes. Converts backward slashes to forward slashes. Relative portions are not removed. Sorry.
 
    .EXAMPLE
    Join-IisVirtualPath 'SiteName' 'Virtual/Path'
 
    Demonstrates how to join two IIS paths together. REturns `SiteName/Virtual/Path`.
    #>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=0)]
        [string]
        # The parent path.
        $Path,

        [Parameter(Position=1)]
        [string]
        $ChildPath
    )

    Set-StrictMode -Version 'Latest'

    if( $ChildPath )
    {
        $Path = Join-Path -Path $Path -ChildPath $ChildPath
    }
    $Path.Replace('\', '/').Trim('/')
}