Public/New-OutputFolder.ps1
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Function New-OutputFolder { <# .SYNOPSIS Function intended for preparing a PowerShell object for output/create folders for e.g. reports or logs. .DESCRIPTION Function intended for preparing a PowerShell custom object what contains e.g. folder name for output/create folders. The name is prepared based on prefix, middle name part, suffix, date, etc. with verification if provided path exist and is it writable. Returned object contains properties - ParentPath - to use it please check an examples - as a [System.IO.DirectoyInfo] - ExitCode - ExitCodeDescription Exit codes and descriptions - 0 = "Everything is fine :-)" - 1 = "Provided parent path <PATH> doesn't exist" - 2 = "The result name contains unacceptable chars" - 3 = "Provided patch <PATH> is not writable" - 4 = "The folder <PATH>\\<FOLDER_NAME> already exist - can be overwritten" - 5 = "The folder <PATH>\\<FOLDER_NAME> already exist - can't be overwritten" .PARAMETER ParentPath The folder path what will be used as the parent path for the new created object. When non existing path will be provided the error code will be returned. By default output files are stored in the current path. .PARAMETER OutputFolderNamePrefix Prefix used for creating output folders name .PARAMETER OutputFolderNameMidPart Part of the name which will be used in midle of output folder name .PARAMETER OutputFolderNameSuffix Part of the name which will be used at the end of output folder name .PARAMETER IncludeDateTimePartInOutputFolderName Set to TRUE if report folder name should contains part based on date and time - format yyyyMMdd is used .PARAMETER DateTimePartInOutputFolderName Set to date and time which should be used in output folder name, by default current date and time is used .PARAMETER DateTimePartFormat Format string used to format date and time in output folder name. .PARAMETER NamePartsSeparator A char used to separate parts in the name, by default "-" is used .PARAMETER BreakIfError Break function execution if parameters provided for output folder creation are not correct or destination folder path is not writables .PARAMETER Force If used the function Doesn't ask for an overwrite decission, assumes that the file can be overwritten .EXAMPLE PS \> (Get-Item env:COMPUTERNAME).Value WXDX75 PS \> $FolderNeeded= @{ ParentPath = 'C:\USERS\UserName\'; OutputFolderNamePrefix = 'Messages'; OutputFolderNameMidPart = (Get-Item env:COMPUTERNAME).Value IncludeDateTimePartInOutputFolderName = $false; BreakIfError = $true } PS \> $PerServerReportFolderMessages = New-OutputFolder @FolderNeeded PS \> $PerServerReportFolderMessages | Format-List OutputFilePath : C:\users\UserName\Messages-WXDX75 ExitCode : 0 ExitCodeDescription : Everything is fine :-) PS \> New-Item -Path $PerServerReportFolderMessages.OutputFolderPath -ItemType Directory Directory: C:\USERS\UserName Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a---- 21/10/2015 00:12 0 Messages-WXDX75 The file created on provided parameters. Under preparation the file name is created, provided part of names are used, and availability of name (if the file exist now) is checked. .EXAMPLE $FolderNeeded= @{ ParentPath = 'C:\USERS\UserName\'; OutputFolderNamePrefix = 'Messages'; OutputFolderNameMidPart = 'COMPUTERNAME'; OutputFolderNameSuffix = "failed" } PS \> $PerServerReportFolderMessages = New-OutputFolder @FolderNeeded PS \> $PerServerReportFolderMessages.OutputFolderPath | Select-Object -Property Name,Parent,exists | Format-List Name : Messages-COMPUTERNAME-20161112-failed Parent : UserName Exists : False PS \> ($PerServerReportFolderMessages.OutputFolderPath).gettype() IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType -------- -------- ---- -------- True True DirectoryInfo System.IO.FileSystemInfo PS \> Test-Path ($PerServerReportFolderMessages.OutputFilePath) False The function return object what contain the property named OutputFilePath what is the object of type System.IO.DirectoryInfo. Folder is not created. Only the object in the memory is prepared. .OUTPUTS System.Object[] .LINK https://github.com/it-praktyk/New-OutputObject .LINK https://www.linkedin.com/in/sciesinskiwojciech .NOTES AUTHOR: Wojciech Sciesinski, wojciech[at]sciesinski[dot]net KEYWORDS: PowerShell, Folder, FileSystem CURRENT VERSION - 0.9.12 - 2018-05-01 HISTORY OF VERSIONS https://github.com/it-praktyk/New-OutputObject/CHANGELOG.md LICENSE Copyright (c) 2016 Wojciech Sciesinski This function is licensed under The MIT License (MIT) Full license text: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT #> [cmdletbinding()] [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUseShouldProcessForStateChangingFunctions','')] [OutputType([System.Object[]])] param ( [parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [String]$ParentPath = ".", [parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [String]$OutputFolderNamePrefix = "Output", [parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [String]$OutputFolderNameMidPart = $null, [parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [String]$OutputFolderNameSuffix = $null, [parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [Bool]$IncludeDateTimePartInOutputFolderName = $true, [parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [Nullable[DateTime]]$DateTimePartInOutputFolderName = $null, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [String]$DateTimePartFormat="yyyyMMdd", [parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [alias("Separator")] [String]$NamePartsSeparator="-", [parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [Switch]$BreakIfError, [parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [Switch]$Force ) $params = @{ ObjectType = 'Folder' ParentPath = $ParentPath OutputObjectNamePrefix = $OutputFolderNamePrefix OutputObjectNameMidPart = $OutputFolderNameMidPart OutputObjectNameSuffix = $OutputFolderNameSuffix IncludeDateTimePartInOutputObjectName = $IncludeDateTimePartInOutputFolderName DateTimePartInOutputObjectName = $DateTimePartInOutputFolderName DateTimePartFormat = $DateTimePartFormat NamePartsSeparator = $NamePartsSeparator BreakIfError = $BreakIfError Force = $Force } $Result = New-OutputObject @params Return $Result } |