Import functions in a script with parameters

Question

I have a script with parameters:

param (
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$VaultName,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$SecretName,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][bool]$AddToMono = $false
 )
...

In this script I want to include functions that I wrote in another ps1 file : common.ps1

I usually import this with

. .\common.ps1

but if I do that in the script I get:

The term '.\common.ps1' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the
path is correct and try again.

How do I import common.ps1 in this script?

Thanks!

Give the full path of the common.ps1 in the dot source

Ranadip Dutta
– Ranadip Dutta

2017-07-19 03:17:50 +00:00
Commented Jul 19, 2017 at 3:17 — Ranadip Dutta
– Ranadip Dutta, Commented Jul 19, 2017 at 3:17

JamesQMurphy · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-19 02:42:27Z

7

The problem is that you are running the script from a different directory. PowerShell is looking for .\common.ps1 using the current directory, not the directory of the script. To get around this, use the built-in variable $PSScriptRoot, which contains the path of the current script. (I'm assuming you are using PowerShell v3.0 or later.)

common.ps1

function foo {
    return "from foo"
}

with_params.ps1

param (
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$VaultName,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$SecretName,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][bool]$AddToMono = $false
 )

 . $PSScriptRoot\common.ps1

 Write-Output "Vault name is $VaultName"
 foo

I then executed this:

 PS> .\some_other_folder\with_params.ps1 -VaultName myVault -SecretName secretName -AddToMono $false

and got this output:

Vault name is myVault
from foo

answered Jul 19, 2017 at 2:42

JamesQMurphy

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