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This is the skeleton of a Batch Processing System (Importing from a CSV file, performing consecutive tasks that are dependant on the previous task completing and then outputting the result).
I detailed how it works in Part 1 here and in Part 2 here. Continue reading “PowerShell: A Simple Batch Processing System”
This update corrects an issue where parts of the configuration XML are missing; what if you don’t want Exceptions or Filters? Continue reading “PowerShell: Synchronizing a Folder (and Sub-Folders) Part 8”
One thing that I occasionally forget (and it can take me a while to remember the fix) is some apparently strange behaviour when processing an array. Sometimes array-based methods don’t work when there’s only one item (or no items!) to be processed.
It’s all down to PowerShell’s automatic type conversion and is pretty easy to fix. Continue reading “PowerShell: Why the Count Property or += Don’t Work Sometimes”
Hi. Here’s another update on the Sync-Folder script. In this update Strict mode goes on, I make sure the statistics reset between runs, the Statistics output is rewritten and I add the option to only sync items that match a $Filter.
Update : I’ve revisited this script a few times with new additions and modifications.The latest full version of the script is here. That post also includes links covering the other revisions to the script. Continue reading “PowerShell: Synchronizing a Folder (and Sub-Folders) Part 7”
A nice, short function this one;
<# .SYNOPSIS Tests if a file is locked. #>
function Test-FileLocked
{
param
(
[string]$FilePath
)
try { [IO.File]::OpenWrite($FilePath).close();return $false }
catch {return $true}
}
The following is a simple script to generate a mailbox size report CSV for a set of email addresses. The full function and explanation follows.
Continue reading “PowerShell: Create a CSV Report of Mailbox Sizes”
Hi. Here’s another update on the Sync-Folder script here. In this part I add some more code to use literal paths (so that special characters don’t cause the sync to fail) and a report of the numbers of copies, updates, folder removals etc performed.
Update : I’ve revisited this script a few times with new additions and modifications.The latest full version of the script is here. That post also includes links covering the other revisions to the script. Continue reading “PowerShell: Synchronizing a Folder (and Sub-Folders) Part 6”
Before you start processing a bunch of Exchange objects sometimes you might want to check if they’re Mailboxes or RemoteMailboxes. The script (and explanation) is after the break. Continue reading “PowerShell: Is an Object a Mailbox or Remote-Mailbox?”
There’s a pretty simple way to test if something is a valid email address but it’s nice to wrap that around with a bit of code to test for a stream or array of values.
The function and explanation follows.Here’s the full function with an explanation (and alternative way to make it work) afterwards.
Continue reading “PowerShell: Check if an Email Address is Valid”I’ve been using scripts that pass loads of custom objects back and forth as function parameters. In some cases these objects are built dynamically so they could have different properties on them.
It’s useful then to check if a particular set of parameters are on an object.
Hence; this function! (After the line!) Continue reading “PowerShell: Function to see if a Set of Properties Are on a Custom Object”
Herring's Fishbait 