Using add-type and import-module you can dynamically compile and load an assembly without any intermediate assembly files to cleanup.
For instance, to run a cmdlet on a remote machine you could send over the cmdlet source code, compile, import, and run it all on the fly.
Let’s say you have your cmdlet called Use-MyCmdlet as C# code in the file mycode.cs:
PS> [string] $code = Get-Content mycode.cs
PS> $s = New-PSSession remoteHost
PS> Invoke-Command $s `
{(Add-Type -TypeDefinition $args[0] -PassThru).assembly | Import-Module} `
-ArgumentList $code
PS> Invoke-Command $s {Use-MyCmdlet}
PS> Remove-PSSession $s
This example gets the C# code as a string and starts a remote session.
It then compiles the code in the remote session with Add-Type and passes the resulting assembly object to import-module.
The cmdlet Use-MyCmdlet is invoked in the remote session which is then removed, with no need to remove any intermediate files on the remote system.
Nigel Sharples [MSFT]
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