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  • File Write-Log.ps1 — part of check-in [e61ad5494b] at 2018-06-10 13:26:42 on branch trunk — **Modified line 49 to output the log information in tab delimited format for export to a CSV file. (user: Pat Richard size: 7217)

# encoding: utf-8
# api: powershell
# title: Write-Log
# description: **Modified line 49 to output the log information in tab delimited format for export to a CSV file.
# version: 0.1
# type: function
# author: Pat Richard
# license: CC0
# function: Write-Log
# x-poshcode-id: 3502
# x-archived: 2016-10-27T12:28:29
# x-published: 2012-07-06T02:14:00
#
# ———————————————————————
# Logging function for Powershell v2. Needed to address current Powershell logging limitations. See a discussion about said limitations here: http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2011/03/powershell-automatic-logging/#comment-2899 .
# Logs to file and prints messages to the console and optionally logs to the system event logs. Note – admin rights are required when specifying the EventLogName parameter because the SourceExists method requires admin rights because it checks rights on the Security log. This limitation seems silly to me and if you think so as well get Microsoft to fix it by voting here: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/293617/eventlog-sourceexists-always-fails-for-non-administrators#tabs .
# Feel free to add features as necessary.
# Will Steele: I suggest adding the Encoding switch to the Out-File calls (lines 58 and 60) to ensure the file didn’t clog up the output file.  I also added a parameter, $LogEncoding, (lines 37-38) to allow for Encoding selection.  The default is ASCII.
# It might be worth adding a few lines that allow for folder creation using the input file parameter.  For instance, if the folder path referenced in the -Path parameter is invalid it doesn’t handle this.  Example:
# dir | Write-Log -Path C:\test\test\test.txt
# Contacts
# Failed to create log entry in: ‘C:\test\test\test.txt’. The error was: ‘Could not find a part of the path ‘C:\test\test\test.txt’.’.
# At line:86 char:9
# + 			throw <<<<  “Failed to create log entry in: ‘$Path’. The error was: ‘$_’.”
# + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (Failed to creat…st\test.txt’.’.:String) [], RuntimeException
# + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Failed to create log entry in: ‘C:\test\test\test.txt’. The error was: ‘Could not find a part of the path ‘C:\test\test\test.txt’.’.
# Andy Arismendi: Added support for creating directories that do not exist in the log file path.
# Future ideas – make system event log optional so that the function doesn’t always require admin privs. Maybe organizing the parameters into sets…
#
function Write-Log {

	#region Parameters
	
		[cmdletbinding()]
		Param(
			[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true,Mandatory=$true)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
			[string] $Message,

			[Parameter()] [ValidateSet(“Error”, “Warn”, “Info”)]
			[string] $Level = “Info”,
			
			[Parameter()]
			[Switch] $NoConsoleOut,
			
			[Parameter()]
			[ValidateSet("Black", "DarkMagenta", "DarkRed", "DarkBlue", "DarkGreen", "DarkCyan", "DarkYellow", "Red", "Blue", "Green", "Cyan", "Magenta", "Yellow", "DarkGray", "Gray", "White")]
			[String] $ConsoleForeground = 'White',
			
			[Parameter()] [ValidateRange(1,30)]
			[Int16] $Indent = 0,

			[Parameter()]
			[IO.FileInfo] $Path = ”$env:temp\PowerShellLog.txt”,
			
			[Parameter()]
			[Switch] $Clobber,
			
			[Parameter()]
			[ValidateSet("Application","System","Security")]
			[String] $EventLogName,
			
			[Parameter()]
			[String] $EventSource,
			
			[Parameter()]
			[Int32] $EventID = 1,

			[Parameter()]
			[String] $LogEncoding = "ASCII"
		)
		
	#endregion

	Begin {}

	Process {
		try {			
			$msg = "{0}`t{1}`t{2}{3}" -f (Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"), $Level.ToUpper(), (" " * $Indent), $Message			
			if ($NoConsoleOut -eq $false) {
				switch ($Level) {
					'Error' { Write-Error $Message }
					'Warn' { Write-Warning $Message }
					'Info' { Write-Host ('{0}{1}' -f (" " * $Indent), $Message) -ForegroundColor $ConsoleForeground}
				}
			}

			if (-not $Path.Exists) {
				New-Item -Path $Path.FullName -ItemType File -Force | Out-Null
			}
			
			if ($Clobber) {
				$msg | Out-File -FilePath $Path -Encoding $LogEncoding -Force
			} else {
				$msg | Out-File -FilePath $Path -Encoding $LogEncoding -Append
			}
			
			if ($EventLogName) {
			
				if (-not $EventSource) {
					$EventSource = ([IO.FileInfo] $MyInvocation.ScriptName).Name
				}
			
				if(-not [Diagnostics.EventLog]::SourceExists($EventSource)) { 
					[Diagnostics.EventLog]::CreateEventSource($EventSource, $EventLogName) 
		        } 

				$log = New-Object System.Diagnostics.EventLog  
			    $log.set_log($EventLogName)  
			    $log.set_source($EventSource) 
				
				switch ($Level) {
					“Error” { $log.WriteEntry($Message, 'Error', $EventID) }
					“Warn”  { $log.WriteEntry($Message, 'Warning', $EventID) }
					“Info”  { $log.WriteEntry($Message, 'Information', $EventID) }
				}
			}

		} catch {
			throw “Failed to create log entry in: ‘$Path’. The error was: ‘$_’.”
		}
	}

	End {}

	<#
		.SYNOPSIS
			Writes logging information to screen and log file simultaneously.

		.DESCRIPTION
			Writes logging information to screen and log file simultaneously. Supports multiple log levels.

		.PARAMETER Message
			The message to be logged.

		.PARAMETER Level
			The type of message to be logged.
			
		.PARAMETER NoConsoleOut
			Specifies to not display the message to the console.
			
		.PARAMETER ConsoleForeground
			Specifies what color the text should be be displayed on the console. Ignored when switch 'NoConsoleOut' is specified.
		
		.PARAMETER Indent
			The number of spaces to indent the line in the log file.

		.PARAMETER Path
			The log file path.
		
		.PARAMETER Clobber
			Existing log file is deleted when this is specified.
		
		.PARAMETER EventLogName
			The name of the system event log, e.g. 'Application'.
		
		.PARAMETER EventSource
			The name to appear as the source attribute for the system event log entry. This is ignored unless 'EventLogName' is specified.
		
		.PARAMETER EventID
			The ID to appear as the event ID attribute for the system event log entry. This is ignored unless 'EventLogName' is specified.

		.PARAMETER LogEncoding
			The text encoding for the log file. Default is ASCII.
		
		.EXAMPLE
			PS C:\> Write-Log -Message "It's all good!" -Path C:\MyLog.log -Clobber -EventLogName 'Application'

		.EXAMPLE
			PS C:\> Write-Log -Message "Oops, not so good!" -Level Error -EventID 3 -Indent 2 -EventLogName 'Application' -EventSource "My Script"

		.INPUTS
			System.String

		.OUTPUTS
			No output.
			
		.NOTES
			Revision History:
				2011-03-10 : Andy Arismendi - Created.
				2011-07-23 : Will Steele - Updated.
				2011-07-23 : Andy Arismendi 
					- Added missing comma in param block. 
					- Added support for creating missing directories in log file path.
				2012-03-10 : Pat Richard
					- Added validation sets to $ConsoleForeground and $EventLogName
					- Changed formatting of $msg so that only $message is indented instead of entire line (looks cleaner)
					- suppressed output when creating path/file
	#>
}