en-US/SimpleTextLogger-help.xml

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<helpItems schema="maml" xmlns="http://msh">
  <command:command xmlns:maml="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/2004/10" xmlns:command="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/command/2004/10" xmlns:dev="http://schemas.microsoft.com/maml/dev/2004/10" xmlns:MSHelp="http://msdn.microsoft.com/mshelp">
    <command:details>
      <command:name>Write-SimpleTextLog</command:name>
      <command:verb>Write</command:verb>
      <command:noun>SimpleTextLog</command:noun>
      <maml:description>
        <maml:para>Yet another simplistic function to write logs.</maml:para>
      </maml:description>
    </command:details>
    <maml:description>
      <maml:para>Yet another simplistic function to write logs.</maml:para>
    </maml:description>
    <command:syntax>
      <command:syntaxItem>
        <maml:name>Write-SimpleTextLog</maml:name>
        <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByValue)" position="0" aliases="none">
          <maml:name>Message</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>Message you want to write into a log-file.</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>String</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
        <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="1" aliases="none">
          <maml:name>Path</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>Path to the log-file.</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>String</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
        <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="2" aliases="none">
          <maml:name>MutexName</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>Name for the mutex object which the function uses to access the log-file.</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>String</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>SimpleTextLoggerLogMutex</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
        <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="3" aliases="none">
          <maml:name>LinePrefix</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>Prefix for each message in the log-file. Since this is a script block, you can use expressions here.</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">ScriptBlock</command:parameterValue>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>ScriptBlock</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>{'[{0}]' -f (Get-Date -Format 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fffffff')}</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
        <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="4" aliases="none">
          <maml:name>Separator</maml:name>
          <maml:Description>
            <maml:para>Separates `-LinePrefix` from `-Message`.</maml:para>
          </maml:Description>
          <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
          <dev:type>
            <maml:name>String</maml:name>
            <maml:uri />
          </dev:type>
          <dev:defaultValue>"`t"</dev:defaultValue>
        </command:parameter>
      </command:syntaxItem>
    </command:syntax>
    <command:parameters>
      <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="True (ByValue)" position="0" aliases="none">
        <maml:name>Message</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>Message you want to write into a log-file.</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>String</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
      <command:parameter required="true" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="1" aliases="none">
        <maml:name>Path</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>Path to the log-file.</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>String</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>None</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
      <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="2" aliases="none">
        <maml:name>MutexName</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>Name for the mutex object which the function uses to access the log-file.</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>String</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>SimpleTextLoggerLogMutex</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
      <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="3" aliases="none">
        <maml:name>LinePrefix</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>Prefix for each message in the log-file. Since this is a script block, you can use expressions here.</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">ScriptBlock</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>ScriptBlock</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>{'[{0}]' -f (Get-Date -Format 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fffffff')}</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
      <command:parameter required="false" variableLength="true" globbing="false" pipelineInput="False" position="4" aliases="none">
        <maml:name>Separator</maml:name>
        <maml:Description>
          <maml:para>Separates `-LinePrefix` from `-Message`.</maml:para>
        </maml:Description>
        <command:parameterValue required="true" variableLength="false">String</command:parameterValue>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>String</maml:name>
          <maml:uri />
        </dev:type>
        <dev:defaultValue>"`t"</dev:defaultValue>
      </command:parameter>
    </command:parameters>
    <command:inputTypes>
      <command:inputType>
        <dev:type>
          <maml:name>System.String</maml:name>
        </dev:type>
        <maml:description>
          <maml:para></maml:para>
        </maml:description>
      </command:inputType>
    </command:inputTypes>
    <command:returnValues />
    <maml:alertSet>
      <maml:alert>
        <maml:para></maml:para>
      </maml:alert>
    </maml:alertSet>
    <command:examples>
      <command:example>
        <maml:title>-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------</maml:title>
        <dev:code>'EVERYTHING IS OK' | Write-SimpleTextLog -Path 'C:\Logs\CurrentLog.txt'</dev:code>
        <dev:remarks>
          <maml:para></maml:para>
        </dev:remarks>
      </command:example>
      <command:example>
        <maml:title>-------------------------- Example 2 --------------------------</maml:title>
        <dev:code>Write-SimpleTextLog -Message 'EVERYTHING IS BROKEN' -Path 'C:\Logs\CurrentLog.txt' -MutexName 'MyLogMutex' -LinePrefix {Get-Date -Format 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'} -Separator ';'</dev:code>
        <dev:remarks>
          <maml:para></maml:para>
        </dev:remarks>
      </command:example>
    </command:examples>
    <command:relatedLinks />
  </command:command>
</helpItems>