pass local script to remote script block

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scottw512 Posted: 12-20-2010 4:24 PM

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Hi,

I'm using invoke-command to run script code on a remote computer. I have a file with a library of functions I'd like to pass into the remotely executed script, but I'm only getting the first line. The problem is something to do with my ArgumentList but I can't get one that works. Here's what I have

$scr = Get-Content ".\function_lib.ps1"

invoke-command -ComputerName remote-computer -ArgumentList $scr -ScriptBlock {

param ([string]$scr)

invoke-expression -Command $scr

use-function-from-lib -parm1 "parm1"

}

If I write the contents of $scr to a file, all I get is the first line. How can I pass the string representation of the function library to the remote script?

Thanks,

Scott

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scottw512 replied on 12-21-2010 9:16 AM

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I finally figured this out. The Get-Content cmdlet was stripping out line breaks, and the parameter cast looks like it was messing something up. Here's the fixed code

$scr = [io.file]::ReadAllText("function_lib.ps1")

invoke-command -ComputerName remote-computer -ArgumentList $scr -ScriptBlock {

    param ($scr)

    invoke-expression -Command $scr

    use-function-from-lib -parm1 "parm1"

}