Private/Invoke-Process.ps1

<#PSScriptInfo
 
.VERSION 1.4
 
.GUID b787dc5d-8d11-45e9-aeef-5cf3a1f690de
 
.AUTHOR Adam Bertram
 
.COMPANYNAME Adam the Automator, LLC
 
.TAGS Processes
 
#>


<#
 
.DESCRIPTION
  Invoke-Process is a simple wrapper function that aims to "PowerShellyify" launching typical external processes. There
 are lots of ways to invoke processes in PowerShell with Start-Process, Invoke-Expression, & and others but none account
 well for the various streams and exit codes that an external process returns. Also, it's hard to write good tests
 when launching external proceses.
 
 This function ensures any errors are sent to the error stream, standard output is sent via the Output stream and any
 time the process returns an exit code other than 0, treat it as an error.
 
#>
 
param()

function Invoke-Process {
    [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess)]
    param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [string]$FilePath,

        [Parameter()]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [string]$ArgumentList,

        [Parameter()]
        [switch]$IgnoreExitCode
    )

    $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

    try {        
        $stdOutTempFile = $(New-TemporaryFile).FullName
        $stdErrTempFile = $(New-TemporaryFile).FullName

        $startProcessParams = @{
            FilePath               = $FilePath
            ArgumentList           = $ArgumentList
            RedirectStandardError  = $stdErrTempFile
            RedirectStandardOutput = $stdOutTempFile
            Wait                   = $true;
            PassThru               = $true;
            NoNewWindow            = $true;
        }
        if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("Process [$($FilePath)]", "Run with args: [$($ArgumentList)]")) {
            $cmd = Start-Process @startProcessParams
            $cmdOutput = Get-Content -Path $stdOutTempFile -Raw
            $cmdError = Get-Content -Path $stdErrTempFile -Raw
            if (($cmd.ExitCode -Ne 0) -And (-Not $IgnoreExitCode)) {
                if ($cmdError) {
                    throw $cmdError.Trim()
                }
                if ($cmdOutput) {
                    throw $cmdOutput.Trim()
                }
            } else {
                if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($cmdOutput) -eq $false) {
                    Write-Output -InputObject $cmdOutput
                }
            }
        }
    } catch {
        $PSCmdlet.ThrowTerminatingError($_)
    } finally {
        Remove-Item -Path $stdOutTempFile, $stdErrTempFile -Force -ErrorAction Ignore
    }
}