re: PowerTip: Check to See if a Command Completes Properly

Ed Wilson — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:20:54 GMT

@Walid Toumi, great addition. Thank you your comment.

Walid Toumi — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:55:31 GMT

hi,

Thanks Ed, here is also:

c. $LastExitCode

PS II> replace

PS II> $LastExitCode

d. ErrorVariable parameter

PS II> get-item 1:\xoo -ErrorAction 0 -ErrorVariable foo

PS II> if($foo) { write-error "error !!" }

e. try catch finally

PS II> try {

$PreferenceErrorAction=$ErrorActionPreference

$ErrorActionPreference = 'stop'

command....

}

catch {

}

finally {

$ErrorActionPreference = $PreferenceErrorAction

}