Get-LogName #
SYNOPSIS #
Returns the name of a log file
SYNTAX #
Get-LogName [[-ident] <String>] [[-dateMask] <String>] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
[<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION #
Returns the name of a log file. The file name has the structure LOG-(Ident)-(DateMask).txt. Ident is a string, if it is not specified it is set to DEF. The same is true for the dateMask. If dateMask is not specified, the default is yyyy-MM-dd--HH-mm-ss-fff. For formatting the format switch included in PowerShell is used.
EXAMPLES #
Example 1:Returns a file name for a log file #
PS C:\> Get-LogName
# Output
LOG-DEF-2023-02-24--14-57-25-855.txt
Returns the name for a log file. If no parameters are specified, the respective default values are used.
PARAMETERS #
-dateMask #
The date mask, for the formation of the file name. The default value is: yyy-MM-dd--HH-mm-ss-fff.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-ident #
The identification of the log file name is specified via the ident value. The default value is DEF.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
CommonParameters #
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.