ensure running powershell within PowerShell starts instance of currently running PowerShell - #4481
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Dongbo Wang (daxian-dbw) merged 2 commits intoAug 4, 2017
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…ently running PowerShell modify PATH env var at startup so that $PSHOME is in front
Dongbo Wang (daxian-dbw)
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| if (!Platform.IsWindows) | ||
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| pathSeparator = ":"; | ||
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You can use Path.PathSeparator.
| pathSeparator = ":"; | ||
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| string pshome = Utils.DefaultPowerShellAppBase; | ||
| path.Replace(pathSeparator + pshome, ""); |
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I thought that the PWD got appended to the end of PATH so I didn't want it on both ends, looks like that isn't the case. I'll remove.
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| string pshome = Utils.DefaultPowerShellAppBase; | ||
| path.Replace(pathSeparator + pshome, ""); | ||
| path.Insert(0, pshome + pathSeparator); |
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We should check if the first path in $env:PATH is pshome, and only insert if it's not. Otherwise, the nested powershell instance will have 2 pshome paths in $env:PATH
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| // put PSHOME in front of PATH so that calling `powershell` within `powershell` always starts the same running version |
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- Is this right for other applications?
- I would prefer more deterministic
[System.Diagnostics.Process]::GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName. (Related Improve experience for side-by-side versions of PowerShell #4199 . What aboutStart-PowerShellcmdlet?)
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…ently running PowerShell (PowerShell#4481) Modify PATH env var at startup so that $PSHOME is in front
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modify PATH env var at startup so that $PSHOME is in front
Fix #4194