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so have nifty little script deletes temp files on pc.  

$tempfiles = @("c:\windows\temp\*", "c:\users\*\appdata\local\temp\*")  remove-item $tempfiles -force -recurse -erroraction silentlycontinue -warningaction silentlycontinue | out-null

it works great.  however, our security admin wants use part of incident response task.  he text file created when process starts, , if errors generated, wants errors listed in text file. when task complete, wants line saying temp files have been deleted.  

i created file through script:

write-verbose "creating remediation logfile" -verbose  $rlogfile = "$sub2\remediationlog.txt"  new-item $rlogfile -type file -force | out-null  add-content $rlogfile "remediation log $env:computername started $(get-date -displayhint datetime )`r" | out-null  add-content $rlogfile "***** begin remediation *****`r`r" | out-null

i have played around try - catch - , $?, cannot seem output need.  i expect @ least 1 or 2 errors when task run (file in use or no access)but not want process stop.  

anyone have ideas how accomplish log file?

thanks in advance,

matt 

  

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matt dillon

hi matt,

here's can play with:

$logfile = 'c:\temp\deletetemplog\{0}-{1}_deletetemplog.txt' -f $env:computername,(get-date -format mmddyyyy)  write-output "-----start - $(get-date)-----" | add-content $logfile write-output "pc: $($env:computername)`r`n" | add-content $logfile  $filepaths = 'c:\folder1','c:\folder2'  $filepaths | foreach {       get-childitem -path $_ -file -recurse | foreach {          try {              remove-item -path $_.fullname -erroraction stop          } catch {              write-output $_.exception.message | add-content $logfile          }      }  }  write-output "`r`ntemp file deletion completed" | add-content $logfile write-output "-----end - $(get-date)-----" | add-content $logfile

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