Comments on: A better Start-Job cmdlet http://blog.brianhartsock.com/2010/05/22/a-better-start-job-cmdlet/ The exciting life of a software developer and nerd Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:19:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Joel "Jaykul" Bennett http://blog.brianhartsock.com/2010/05/22/a-better-start-job-cmdlet/comment-page-1/#comment-1343 Joel "Jaykul" Bennett Tue, 25 May 2010 21:23:04 +0000 http://blog.brianhartsock.com/?p=1347#comment-1343 You should probably use the -InitializationScript for your Set-Location ... that will let you avoid the scariest part of that. You can also make sure $pwd is resolved on this side by converting it to a string on this side: function start-jobhere([scriptblock]$block){ Start-Job -Init ([ScriptBlock]::Create("Set-Location $pwd")) -Script $block } You should probably use the -InitializationScript for your Set-Location … that will let you avoid the scariest part of that. You can also make sure $pwd is resolved on this side by converting it to a string on this side:

function start-jobhere([scriptblock]$block){

Start-Job -Init ([ScriptBlock]::Create(“Set-Location $pwd”)) -Script $block

}

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