Question:
Basically I want to do a check if a directory exists then run this section, if not exit.
The script I have is:
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$Path = Test-Path c:\temp\First if ($Path -eq "False") { Write-Host "notthere" -ForegroundColor Yellow } elseif ($Path -eq "true") { Write-Host " what the smokes" } |
But it returns nothing.
Answer:
The error comes from the fact that the return value of Test-Path is a Boolean type.
Hence, don’t compare it to strings representation of Boolean but rather to the actual $false/$true values. Like so,
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$Path = Test-Path c:\temp\First if ($Path -eq $false) { Write-Host "notthere" -ForegroundColor Yellow } elseif ($Path -eq $true) { Write-Host " what the smokes" } |
Also, note that here you could use an else statement here.
Alternatively, you could use the syntax proposed in @user9569124 answer,
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$Path = Test-Path c:\temp\First if (!$Path) { Write-Host "notthere" -ForegroundColor Yellow } elseif ($Path) { Write-Host " what the smokes" } |