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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use the Test-Path Cmdlet to Check for Resources?

March 10, 2010 Mar 10, 2010 03/10/10
ScriptingGuy1
(image)   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Ignoring errors or bubbling up errors to the user of a script seems a bit inefficient. I mean, wouldn’t it be better to avoid the errors in the first place? I am only a beginner when it comes to writing scripts, and maybe I just do not get it, but why can’t you just write code that does ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use the –ErrorAction Preference Parameter?

March 9, 2010 Mar 9, 2010 03/9/10
ScriptingGuy1
(image)   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I enjoyed reading your blog post yesterday about using $ErrorActionPreference to control the behavior of a script. One thing I never liked about using “On Error Resume Next” from VBScript was that it seemed to be an all-or-nothing type of proposition. There are certain errors I do not...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use $ErrorActionPreference to Control Cmdlet Handling of Errors?

March 8, 2010 Mar 8, 2010 03/8/10
ScriptingGuy1
(image)    (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! One thing I liked about using VBScript is that I could add On Error Resume Next to the top of a script, and all my problems with the script went away. It was like magic, and I used it to fix many of my scripts. I really miss this capability in Windows PowerShell. -- MW (image) Hello MW, ...