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 .NOTES # 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 = 'Medium')] [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSAvoidGlobalVars', '')] [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUseShouldProcessForStateChangingFunctions', '')] Param () begin { Write-Verbose -Message "Starting [$($MyInvocation.Mycommand)]" } process { $logDate = Get-Date -Format 'yyyyMMdd' $LogPath = Join-Path -Path $env:userprofile -ChildPath '\logs' if (-not (Test-Path -Path $LogPath)) { mkdir -Path $LogPath } $Logfile = Join-Path -Path $LogPath -ChildPath ('\PS-' + $logDate + '-' + $PID + '.log') $global:PSLOG = "$Logfile" $env:PSLOG = "$Logfile" # $global:Transcript = "$Logfile" if (-not (Test-Path -Path $Logfile)) { $null = New-Item -Path $Logfile -ItemType File } $null = Start-Transcript -Path "$Logfile" -Append -Force } end { Write-Verbose -Message "Ending [$($MyInvocation.Mycommand)]" } } |