asked on PowerShell Force Output to Transcript File
I have a script I created that contains considerable output to the console using Write-Host. I start a transcript at the beginning of the script and all output from Wrote-Host is contained in the transcript file.
However, yesterday I made some revisions (primarily to not present message boxes) if the account that executed the script is disconnected, and sceduled the script to be executed as a job under SQL Agent. This morning, when I got in and examined the transcript file, it contained the following, with none of the output from Write-Host. I have executed the script multiple times manually, and disconnected from the machine without any loss of output, so not sure what I need to do, but I need to force the output to the transcript file, along with any output that the script might generate. Is there something I need to use instead of Write-Host?
However, yesterday I made some revisions (primarily to not present message boxes) if the account that executed the script is disconnected, and sceduled the script to be executed as a job under SQL Agent. This morning, when I got in and examined the transcript file, it contained the following, with none of the output from Write-Host. I have executed the script multiple times manually, and disconnected from the machine without any loss of output, so not sure what I need to do, but I need to force the output to the transcript file, along with any output that the script might generate. Is there something I need to use instead of Write-Host?
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Windows PowerShell transcript start
Start time: 20150311180206
Username : computername\_sqlagent
Machine : computername (Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1)
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Windows PowerShell transcript end
End time: 20150312013540
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In general, don't use the transcript option. You should use Out-File, Write-Output and the like. Write-Host is only useful for the interactive console window; any other PS host might or might not take output with Write-Host.
ASKER
Basicly I am using write-host to output data to the console. It may be straight text such as:
write-host "starting the process"
a combination of text and a variable such as:
write-host "executing step $stepname"
or a variable such as:
write-host "$message"
In any case, is there a way to determine if a command window is available (e.g. it was run from SQL Agent)?
write-host "starting the process"
a combination of text and a variable such as:
write-host "executing step $stepname"
or a variable such as:
write-host "$message"
In any case, is there a way to determine if a command window is available (e.g. it was run from SQL Agent)?
I assume looking at $host.ui.rawui will help. It has a window title and position etc., so having those should tell it is a host with window.
a way around it may be using a different option in SQL Agent
Type: Operating System (CmdExec)
and using something like this
powershell -windowstyle minimized -c "powershell -c c:\scripts\sqlscript.ps1 -verbose >> C:\logs\mysqllog.log 2>&1"
Type: Operating System (CmdExec)
and using something like this
powershell -windowstyle minimized -c "powershell -c c:\scripts\sqlscript.ps1 -verbose >> C:\logs\mysqllog.log 2>&1"
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That's correct.
ASKER
Should be "... | Tee-Object -File $TranscriptFile" (note -File not -Path).
If we get picky, then it should be
Write-Output $message | Tee-Object -FilePath $TranscriptFile -Append
ASKER
Doing more research, using tee-object was a more acceptable solution than those provided by other experts.
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or you can use
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If you could post what you are doing in the script, we may be able to help out a little more.