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If you are not able to find your function or you want to call the function then you need to load your . ps1 file which contains the definition of the function; try this command: ". Full path\filename. ps1".
A function in PowerShell is declared with the function keyword followed by the function name and then an open and closing curly brace. The code that the function will execute is contained within those curly braces.
How to call a function: The inline approach. The easiest way to work with a PowerShell function is to include it in the script. The term for this is an inline function. Wherever the code is for the function, it must go above the first line that calls the function.
$PSScriptRootContains the full path of the executing script's parent directory. In PowerShell 2.0, this variable is valid only in script modules ( . psm1 ). Beginning in PowerShell 3.0, it's valid in all scripts.
I have the following code.
function createZip
{
Param ([String]$source, [String]$zipfile)
Process { echo "zip: $source`n --> $zipfile" }
}
try {
Start-Job -ScriptBlock { createZip "abd" "acd" }
}
catch {
$_ | fl * -force
}
Get-Job | Wait-Job
Get-Job | receive-job
Get-Job | Remove-Job
However, the script returns the following error.
Id Name State HasMoreData Location Command
-- ---- ----- ----------- -------- -------
309 Job309 Running True localhost createZip "a...
309 Job309 Failed False localhost createZip "a...
Receive-Job : The term 'createZip' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:17 char:22
+ Get-Job | receive-job <<<<
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (function:createZip:String) [Receive-Job], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
It seems the function name cannot be recognized inside the script block of start-job. I tried function:createZip too.
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