Private/Write-Log.ps1
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<# Borrowed from http://draith.azurewebsites.net/?p=337
.SYNOPSIS Simple function to write to a log file .DESCRIPTION This function will write to a log file, pre-pending the date/time, level of detail, and supplied information .PARAMETER text This is the main text to log .PARAMETER Level INFO,WARN,ERROR,DEBUG .PARAMETER Log Name of the log file to send the data to. .PARAMETER UseMutex A description of the UseMutex parameter. .EXAMPLE write-log -text "This is the main problem." -level ERROR -log c:\test.log .NOTES Created by Donnie Taylor. Version 1.0 Date 4/5/2016 #> function Write-Log { param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0)] [ValidateNotNull()] [string]$Text, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 1)] [ValidateSet('INFO', 'WARN', 'ERROR', 'DEBUG')] [string]$Level, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 2)] [system.io.fileinfo]$Log, [Parameter(Position = 3)] [switch]$UseMutex ) $date = Get-TimeStamp $line = "$date $level $text" if ($UseMutex.IsPresent) { $LogMutex = New-Object System.Threading.Mutex($false, "LogMutex") $LogMutex.WaitOne() | Out-Null $line | Out-File -FilePath $log -Append $LogMutex.ReleaseMutex() | Out-Null } else { $line | Out-File -FilePath $log -Append } } |