Functions/Start-RecordSession.ps1
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Function Start-RecordSession { <# .SYNOPSIS Creates a transcript of current Powershell session .DESCRIPTION Creates a transcript of current Powershell session #> # Inspired by post https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.exchange.admin/0z7249mOuzA # create a uniqely named transcript file for this session. It will have format of: # PS-date-pid.LOG # where # date is in YYYYMMDD format # pid is the process id of the currently running powershell console. # creates it in the LOGS directory under persons userprofile directory. # sets global and environment variables so Stop-RecordSession can know the name of the transcript file [CmdletBinding(ConfirmImpact='Low')] Param () Begin { Write-Verbose -Message "Starting $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } Process { $logDate = Get-Date -Format 'yyyyMMdd' $logPath = $env:userprofile + '\logs' if (-Not (Test-Path -path $logPath)) { mkdir -Path $logPath } $logFile = $logPath + '\PS-' + $logDate + '-' + $PID + '.log' $global:PSLOG = "$logFile" $env:PSLOG = "$logfile" # $global:Transcript = "$logfile" if (-Not (Test-Path -path $logFile)) { New-Item -Path $logFile -ItemType File | Out-Null } Start-Transcript -Path "$logFile" -append -force | Out-Null } End { Write-Verbose -Message "Ending $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } } #EndFunction Start-RecordSession |