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The Debug Parameter

  • June 25, 2021 at 12:00 am

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    Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Debug Parameter

  • June 25, 2021 at 6:30 pm

    #3900563

    It seems to me that the question is too vague to have a definitive answer because the result can depend on the PowerShell version (Windows PowerShell vs PowerShell) and the function definition itself (usage of the parameter CmdletBindingAttribute or not).

    Just trying to understand the DebugPreference state more, I have these two functions where one function uses the CmdletBinding attribute and the other does not (file attached).

    function Test-DebugPreferenceNoCmdletBinding()
    {
        Write-Output $DebugPreference
    }

    function Test-DebugPreferenceWithCmdletBinding()
    {
        [CmdletBinding()] param()
        Write-Output $DebugPreference
    }

    Write-Host "Test - NoCmdletBinding/NoDebug - DebugPreference: ", (Test-DebugPreferenceNoCmdletBinding)
    Write-Host "Test - NoCmdletBinding/WithDebug - DebugPreference: ", (Test-DebugPreferenceNoCmdletBinding -Debug)

    Write-Host "Test - CmdletBinding/NoDebug - DebugPreference: ", (Test-DebugPreferenceWithCmdletBinding)
    Write-Host "Test - CmdletBinding/WithDebug - DebugPreference: ", (Test-DebugPreferenceWithCmdletBinding -Debug)

    Execute the script using Windows PowerShell (powershell.exe) and PowerShell 7 (pwsh.exe) to see the different results based on the context of the execution engine and the cmdlet binding attribute.

    debugpreftest

    Really struggled to pick an answer to this one question and I can certainly understand why SilentlyContinue was a popular answer but I thought it was a trick so I went with Continue.

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