Unable to capture ALL session output into a transcript by xkrissx

Here is the workaround to capture both STDOUT and STDERR to transcript:

robocopy.exe C:\ D:\ readme.txt 2>&1 | out-host

Full PowerShell script here: <a href="http://www.rubaniuk.com/?p=113" target="_blank">http://www.rubaniuk.com/?p=113</a>

How about this.

Wanted to share a way to capture all output and handle each stream separately. Below is a simple script on how you can do this. I use the job object in PS 2.0 to accomplish this. Note: this is designed for non-interactive scenarios like scheduled tasks. I inlcuded PowerShell commands and the IPCONFIG which is not a native PowerShell command. Works like a champ. In fact, you can actually check the job status and send an e-mail accordingly. You could include an exception in the body of the e-mail in case the job fails since you have access to the separate error stream. I guess there is no need for a writing a custom PowerShell host if you want to direct output to different sources.

$testScript = `
{
    $VerbosePreference = "Continue"
    $ErrorActionPreference = "Continue"
    $WarningPreference = "Continue"
    $DebugPreference = "Continue"
    Write-Verbose "verbose 1"
    Write-Verbose "verbose 2"
    Write-Verbose "verbose 3"
    Write-Error "an error 1"
    Write-Error "an error 2"
    Write-Error "an error 3"
    Write-Warning "a warning 1"
    Write-Warning "a warning 2"
    Write-Warning "a warning 3"
    Write-Debug "debug string 1"
    Write-Debug "debug string 2"
    Write-Debug "debug string 3"
    Write-Output "output 1"
    Write-Output "output 2"
    Write-Output "output 3"
    "output 4"
    Get-Process
    ipconfig
}

$job = Start-Job -Name "MessageTest" -ScriptBlock $testScript
Wait-Job -Job $job -TimeOut -1
foreach ($jobResult in $job.ChildJobs)
{
$jobResult.Output | Out-Host | Write-Host
$jobResult.Verbose | ForEach-Object -Process {$_.Message | Write-Host}
$jobResult.Warning | ForEach-Object -Process {$_.Message | Write-Host}
$jobResult.Debug | ForEach-Object -Process {$_.Message | Write-Host}
$jobResult.Error | ForEach-Object -Process {$_ | Out-Host | Write-Host}
}

You can sometimes pipe the output of the executable to Out-Host to make it appear in the transcript. Example:

& myprogram.exe -arguments | out-host

See line 082 on this script for calling 7Zip from Powershell:

http://codeblog.theg2.net/2010/02/powershell-7-zip-amazon-s3-upload.html