After each file is downloaded, the function updates the LastWriteTime of It then proceeds to download the newer files. Get-Sysinternals function to get a current list, gets the files from the installation path, and compares the two. It validates it (creating the folder if necessary), uses the The Update-Sysinternals function requires a installation path. Note: I have added a parameter -InstallLocation in order to retrieve the locally installed files. I suspect that there are three backend servers hosting the content at. As it turns out, I’ve discovered 3 distinct I discovered the reason why I thought the local files timestamps were off.

The Updated property will be used for comparing the remote web file with the local file.įor some reason, even though I was writing the LastWriteTime, on a few of the files it was off by a few minutes or seconds. The LastWriteTime property will be used to update the local file after downloading. Of objects with Name, Length, LastWriteTime, and Updated. The function parses each file and produces an array

The first function, Get-Sysinternals, simply retrieves the full list of Sysinternal files from Which I used as a basis for my two functions. I needed to install Sysinternals suite, but being that I’m a “find a PowerShell way” person, I started searching.įirst off, Jeff’s workflow, while very enlightening, was a bit overkill for my purpose and I wanted to not be heavy That made me realize - I didn’t have Sysinternals installed. On using a PowerShell workflow to download Sysinternals. Is a prolific PowerShell blogger, I dug a little deeper and found his Today, when I was looking for a way to search for all of my GitHub repositories, I found a couple Gists from I have a new laptop and have been configuring it as my primary PowerShell development system.