Functions/Write-ErrorLog.ps1
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<# .SYNOPSIS Log an error message. .DESCRIPTION Log an error message to the log file, the event log and show it on the current console. It can also use an error record conataining an exception as input. The exception will be converted into a log message. .INPUTS None. .OUTPUTS None. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Write-ErrorLog -Message 'My Error Message' Log the error message. .NOTES Author : Claudio Spizzi License : MIT License .LINK https://github.com/claudiospizzi/ScriptLogger #> function Write-ErrorLog { [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'Message')] param ( # The error message. [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Message')] [System.String] $Message, # The error record containing an exception to log. [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'ErrorRecord')] [System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord] $ErrorRecord ) # Extract error message and invocation info from error record object if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'ErrorRecord') { $Message = '{0} ({1}: {2}:{3} char:{4})' -f $ErrorRecord.Exception.Message, $ErrorRecord.FullyQualifiedErrorId, $ErrorRecord.InvocationInfo.ScriptName, $ErrorRecord.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber, $ErrorRecord.InvocationInfo.OffsetInLine } Write-Log -Message $Message -Level 'Error' } |