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Purclot
Purclot

Reputation: 559

Split-Path -Path $PSCommandPath -Parent

I'm using PowerShell Ver. 5.1.14393.2248 My script is located in the path: C:\Anwendungen\PowershellAddOn\Modules\PSScriptVersionChecker.

I want to get the parent path like: C:\Anwendungen\PowershellAddOn\Modules. When I run:

$destination = Split-Path -Path $PSCommandPath -Parent
$destination

I'll still get C:\Anwendungen\PowershellAddOn\Modules\PSScriptVersionChecker instead of C:\Anwendungen\PowershellAddOn\Modules

What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5945

Answers (2)

JosefZ
JosefZ

Reputation: 30153

Read about_Automatic_Variables:

$PSCommandPath
   Contains the full path and file name of the script that is being run. 
   This variable is valid in all scripts.
…

$PSScriptRoot
   Contains the directory from which a script is being run. 

   In Windows PowerShell 2.0, this variable is valid only in script modules
   (.psm1). Beginning in Windows PowerShell 3.0, it is valid in all scripts.

Use:

$destination = Split-Path -Path (Split-Path -Path $PSCommandPath -Parent) -Parent

or, in Windows PowerShell 3.0 and above:

$destination = Split-Path -Path $PSScriptRoot -Parent

Upvotes: 1

Martin Brandl
Martin Brandl

Reputation: 58991

You should check the output of $PSCommandPath when running the script. It probably don't point to C:\Anwendungen\PowershellAddOn\Modules\PSScriptVersionChecker since when you invoke:

Split-Path C:\Anwendungen\PowershellAddOn\Modules\PSScriptVersionChecker

You will get C:\Anwendungen\PowershellAddOn\Modules.

Upvotes: 1

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