Public/Get-EnvironmentVariable.ps1
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function Get-EnvironmentVariable { <# .SYNOPSIS Get environment variable .DESCRIPTION Retrieve the value of an environment variable in the specified scope .PARAMETER Name The name parameter corresponds to the name of the environment variable. .PARAMETER Scope The optional scope parameter corresponds to the scope in which the environment variable is defined. .NOTES File name: Get-EnvironmentVariable.ps1 Author: Florian Carrier Creation date: 22/01/2019 Last modified: 13/12/2019 #> [CmdletBinding ( SupportsShouldProcess = $true )] Param ( [Parameter ( Position = 1, Mandatory = $true, HelpMessage = "Name of the environment variable" )] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [Alias ("Variable")] [String] $Name, [Parameter ( Position = 2, Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = "Scope of the environment variable" )] [ValidateSet ("Machine", "Process", "User")] [String] $Scope = "Machine" ) Begin { # Get global preference variables Get-CallerPreference -Cmdlet $PSCmdlet -SessionState $ExecutionContext.SessionState } Process { # Check if variable is defined $Value = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable($Name, $Scope) if ($Value) { Write-Log -Type "DEBUG" -Message "Scope=$Scope`t$Name=$Value" } # If variable does not exists, the value will be null return $Value } } |