Force ErrorActionPreference when running PowerShell?

Question

We use PowerShell for some of our automated build scripts. Unfortunately, by default, PowerShell continues after an error.

Ordinarily, I can change this behaviour by setting $ErrorActionPreference = Stop.

I can't see a corresponding command line switch for PowerShell.exe, and we (deliberately) run the commands with -noprofile, so I can't put it in there.

How do I do this for a build script?

Answer 1

Put it at the top of the script you're running?

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

Alternatively, you can also get similar control at the cmdlet level using the ErrorAction parameter.