Get-BluGenieFileSnapshot takes a snapshot of the requested direcotry path. This can be the parent directory and / or a recursive sub directory snapshot.
EXAMPLES
EXAMPLE 1
Get-BluGenieFileSnapshot
This will output nothing. If the Path is empty the command will Return $Null
This will only take a file and directory Snapshot of the root directory defined 'C:\Windows\System32\Temp'
and return just the Object content
Note: The default output is a HashTable
This will only take a file and directory Snapshot of the root directory defined 'C:\Windows\System32\Temp'
The file is saved by default to the %WinDir%\Temp directory, the fil ename is saved as a GUID with no ext.
EXAMPLE 6
Get-BluGenieFileSnapshot -Path 'AllUsers\Desktop'
This will take a file and directory Snapshot of the each users Desktop direcotory
EXAMPLE 7
Get-BluGenieFileSnapshot -Path 'Temp' -Recurse
This will take a file and directory Snapshot of the each users Temp direcotory and snapshot all sub files and directories as well.
This will only take a file and directory Snapshot of the root directory defined 'C:\Windows\System32\Temp'
The return data will be in a beautified json format
PARAMETERS
Path
-Path <String>
The path to the parent directory
If you specify "Temp" in the begining of the Path field all the %SystemDrive%\Users\* Temp directories will be prefixed to the rest of the path and a snapshot will be taken for each Path
If you specify "AllUsers" in the begining of the Path field, all the User Profiles directories from %SystemDrive%\Users will be prefixed to the rest of the path and a snapshot will be taken for each Path
Example: -Path 'AllUsers\AppData\Roaming'
Output: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming
C:\Users\User1\AppData\Roaming
C:\Users\User2\AppData\Roaming
C:\Users\User3\AppData\Roaming
C:\Users\User4\AppData\Roaming
<Type>String<Type>
Required? false
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
Walkthrough
-Walkthrough [<SwitchParameter>]
An automated process to walk through the current function and all the parameters
<Type>SwitchParameter<Type>
Required? false
Position? 2
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
ReturnObject
-ReturnObject [<SwitchParameter>]
Return information as an Object.
By default the data is returned as a Hash Table
<Type>SwitchParameter<Type>
Required? false
Position? 3
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
LeaveFile
-LeaveFile [<SwitchParameter>]
Do not remove snapshot file.
By default the data is saved as a GUID in the system temp directory
<Type>SwitchParameter<Type>
Required? false
Position? 4
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
OutUnEscapedJSON
-OutUnEscapedJSON [<SwitchParameter>]
Removed UnEsacped Char from the JSON Return.
This will beautify json and clean up the formatting.
<Type>SwitchParameter<Type>
Required? false
Position? 5
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
