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Start-Job is a Powershell CmdLet to run a Scriptblock as background job

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Invoke a second script with arguments from a script

I have a script that reads a configuration file that results in a set of name value pairs that I would like to pass as arguments to a function in a second PowerShell script. I do not know what parameters will be placed in this configuration file at…
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Powershell pass variable to start-job

within powershell I'd like to learn the best way to call a variable to a start job so I don't have to edit the script for each server as it will be specific based on the client I've placed my script on. $Servername = 'Server1' $pingblock = { …
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PowerShell Start-Job Working Directory

Is there a way to specify a working directory to the Start-Job command? Use-case: I'm in a directory, and I want to open a file using Emacs for editing. If I do this directly, it will block PowerShell until I close Emacs. But using Start-Job…
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Powershell - how to pre-evaluate variables in a scriptblock for Start-Job

I want to use background jobs in Powershell. How to make variables evaluated at the moment of ScriptBlock definition? $v1 = "123" $v2 = "asdf" $sb = { Write-Host "Values are: $v1, $v2" } $job = Start-Job -ScriptBlock $sb $job | Wait-Job |…
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Powershell: Run multiple jobs in parralel and view streaming results from background jobs

Overview Looking to call a Powershell script that takes in an argument, runs each job in the background, and shows me the verbose output. Problem I am running into The script appears to run, but I want to verify this for sure by streaming the…
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How to call a powershell function within the script from Start-Job?

I saw this question and this question but couldn't find solution to my problem. So here is the situation: I have two functions DoWork and DisplayMessage in a script (.ps1) file. Here is the code: ### START OF SCRIPT ### function DoWork { $event =…
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Managing the running time of background jobs. Timing out if not completed after x seconds,

I would like to time my background jobs (started with start-job) and time them out after x seconds. I find it hard however to keep track of the running time on each separate job (I am running aprox 400 jobs). I wish there was a way to time out the…
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Can I set PowerShell 'Start-Job' with low priority?

I would like to lower the priority of the jobs that I start with Start-Job in PowerShell scripts. Is this possible?
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How can I call many URLs from a list asynchronously

I have a few hundred thousand URLs that I need to call. These are calls to an application server which will process them and write a status code to a table. I do not need to wait for a response (success/fail), only that the server got the request. I…
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"Start-Process -NoNewWindow" within a Start-Job?

I'm having issues using Start-Process within a Start-Job, specifically when using -NoNewWindow. For example, this test code: Start-Job -scriptblock { Start-Process cmd -NoNewWindow -Wait -ArgumentList '/c', 'echo' | out-null Start-Process…
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Background Job in Powershell

I'm trying to run a job in a background which is a .exe with parameters and the destination has spaces. For example: $exec = "C:\Program Files\foo.exe" and I want to run this with parameters: foo.exe /param1 /param2, etc. I know that Start-Job…
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PowerShell: How 'Receive-Job' pulls output from the job's code block in detail?

Please have a look at this test script and the conclusions I've made about how 'Receive-Job' works in detail. I have still issues to figure out, how exaclty 'Receive-Job' pulls the streams from the code block. <# .SYNOPSIS Test the console output…
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Powershell Start-job synchronous output

I have a powershell script that starts a job start-job -scriptblock { while($true) { echo "Running" Start-Sleep 2 } } and then it continues executing the rest of the script. That job, is kind of a monitoring one for the PID of that…
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Start-job vs. Invoke-command -asjob

I'm trying to do basic background jobs in PowerShell 2.0, and I'm seeing different things with start-job and invoke-command -asjob. If I do this: start-job -scriptblock {get-process} I get a job object, but the child job (which is created…
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PSExec never completes when run inside start-job

I'm trying to execute a cmd file on a list of 48 computers. I don't want to execute and wait for completion sequentially because each cmd takes about 10 minutes to complete. WinRM isn't an option. Neither is WMI. PSExec is an option....but I…
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