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How do I call another PowerShell script with a relative path? - autopolyploid274684 - 07-21-2023
I have the following directory tree:
e:\powershell\services\This-Script-Here-Should-Call-Press any key to continue.ps1
e:\powershell\utils\Press any key to continue.ps1
and now I'd like to call a script named "Press any key to continue.ps1" that sits in the "utils"-folder from a script that I have in the "services"-folder. How do I do that? I cannot figure out the relative path.
I tried to do it this way:
"$ '.\..\utils\Press any key to continue.ps1'"
but it did not work.
RE: How do I call another PowerShell script with a relative path? - alysakezp - 07-21-2023
Thank you very informative.
I had similar issue, I could get it work like this, to call other scripts from parentfolder.
$CommandPath = (Get-Location).Path | Split-Path -Parent; $script = "$CommandPath\Logins\Login_SSI_SST_exch2010_DKSUND_Exchange365.ps1"; & $script
RE: How do I call another PowerShell script with a relative path? - schwa891728 - 07-21-2023
Put the following function in the calling script to get its directory path and join the utils path along with the script name:
# create this function in the calling script
function Get-ScriptDirectory { Split-Path $MyInvocation.ScriptName }
# generate the path to the script in the utils directory:
$script = Join-Path (Get-ScriptDirectory) 'utils\Press any key to continue.ps1'
# execute the script
& $script
RE: How do I call another PowerShell script with a relative path? - babylonian870 - 07-21-2023
To get the current script path $PSScriptRoot variable can be used. for example
Following is the structure:
solution\mainscript.ps1
solution\secondscriptfolder\secondscript.ps1
```
#mainscript.ps1
$Second = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot '\secondscriptfolder\secondscript.ps1'
$Second
```
RE: How do I call another PowerShell script with a relative path? - daly425 - 07-21-2023
Based on what you were doing, the following should work:
& "..\utils\Press any key to continue.ps1"
or
. "..\utils\Press any key to continue.ps1"
(lookup [the difference between using `&` and `.`](
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) and decide which one to use)This is how I handle such situations ( and slight variation to what @Shay mentioned):
$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
$utilsDir = Join-Path -Path $scriptDir -ChildPath ..\utils
& "$utilsDir\Press any key to continue.ps1"