ServiceDeskToolkit

1.0.0

Private/ConvertTo-SDSafeFileName.ps1

                                function ConvertTo-SDSafeFileName {

    <#

    .SYNOPSIS

        Replaces characters that are invalid in file names (on any platform) with '_'.

    #>

    [CmdletBinding()]

    [OutputType([string])]

    param(

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]

        [string]$Name

    )

    $invalid = [IO.Path]::GetInvalidFileNameChars() + [char[]]'<>:"/\|?*'

    $builder = New-Object -TypeName System.Text.StringBuilder

    foreach ($char in $Name.ToCharArray()) {

        if ($invalid -contains $char) { [void]$builder.Append('_') } else { [void]$builder.Append($char) }

    }

    $builder.ToString()

}