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Tanaka Saito
Tanaka Saito

Reputation: 1100

Set-Location: A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument _fullpath_

I've read several similar posts but they focus on calling a PS script from within another PS script. I can do that and make the other script run, my issue is most likely linked to $MyInvocation when calling a script from another script.

Background

I have a script that half-way through needs to call another script. This other script cannot be a psm1 module because it is used as a standalone script in other processes. I begin the script with

$ScriptDir = (split-path -parent -path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path)

Problem

I then run

& "$ScriptDir\Another Script.ps1"

This throws the following error

Set-Location : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'C:\Users\MyUser\Desktop\Scripts'.
At C:\Users\MyUser\Desktop\Scripts\Another Script.ps1:30 char:1
+ Set-Location = $ScriptDir
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-Location], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetLocationCommand

Here's the full section of the Another Script.ps1 that is failing

#Requires -RunAsAdministrator

$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$ScriptDir = (split-path -parent -path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path)
Set-Location = $ScriptDir

My guess is that the Set-Location does not work because it is currently running a script inside another script. The problem I have is that this part needs to be there in order for Another Script.ps1 to run as a standalone script as well. Are there any workarounds for this, such as ignoring this step if it's run from another script?

References

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3954

Answers (1)

Tanaka Saito
Tanaka Saito

Reputation: 1100

I can't believe I missed it: Set-Location should not have an equal sign.

It currently says

Set-Location = $ScriptDir

When it should say

Set-Location $ScriptDir

Upvotes: 2

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