Describe "Out-File DRT Unit Tests" -Tags DRT{ It "Should be able to write the contens into a file with -pspath" { $tempFile = "ExposeBug928965" { 1 | Out-File -PSPath $tempFile } | Should Not Throw $fileContents = Get-Content $tempFile $fileContents | Should be 1 Remove-Item $tempFile -Force } It "Should be able to write the contens into a file with -pspath" { $tempFile = "outfileAppendTest.txt" { 'This is first line.' | out-file $tempFile } | Should Not Throw { 'This is second line.' | out-file -append $tempFile } | Should Not Throw $tempFile |Should Contain "first" $tempFile |Should Contain "second" Remove-Item $tempFile -Force } } Describe "Out-File" { $expectedContent = "some test text" $inObject = New-Object psobject -Property @{text=$expectedContent} $testfile = Join-Path -Path $TestDrive -ChildPath outfileTest.txt AfterEach { Remove-Item -Path $testfile -Force } It "Should be able to be called without error" { { Out-File -FilePath $testfile } | Should Not Throw } It "Should be able to accept string input via piping" { { $expectedContent | Out-File -FilePath $testfile } | Should Not Throw $actual = Get-Content $testfile $actual | Should Be $expectedContent } It "Should be able to accept string input via the InputObject swictch" { { Out-File -FilePath $testfile -InputObject $expectedContent } | Should Not Throw $actual = Get-Content $testfile $actual | Should Be $expectedContent } It "Should be able to accept object input" { { $inObject | Out-File -FilePath $testfile } | Should Not Throw { Out-File -FilePath $testfile -InputObject $inObject } | Should Not Throw } It "Should not overwrite when the noclobber switch is used" -Pending:($env:TRAVIS_OS_NAME -eq "osx") { Out-File -FilePath $testfile -InputObject $inObject { Out-File -FilePath $testfile -InputObject $inObject -NoClobber -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } | Should Throw "already exists." { Out-File -FilePath $testfile -InputObject $inObject -NoOverWrite -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } | Should Throw "already exists." $actual = Get-Content $testfile $actual[0] | Should Be "" $actual[1] | Should Match "text" $actual[2] | Should Match "----" $actual[3] | Should Match "some test text" } It "Should Append a new line when the append switch is used" -Pending:($env:TRAVIS_OS_NAME -eq "osx") { { Out-File -FilePath $testfile -InputObject $inObject } | Should Not Throw { Out-File -FilePath $testfile -InputObject $inObject -Append } | Should Not Throw $actual = Get-Content $testfile $actual[0] | Should Be "" $actual[1] | Should Match "text" $actual[2] | Should Match "----" $actual[3] | Should Match "some test text" $actual[4] | Should Be "" $actual[5] | Should Be "" $actual[6] | Should Be "" $actual[7] | Should Match "text" $actual[8] | Should Match "----" $actual[9] | Should Match "some test text" $actual[10] | Should Be "" $actual[11] | Should Be "" } It "Should limit each line to the specified number of characters when the width switch is used on objects" { Out-File -FilePath $testfile -Width 10 -InputObject $inObject $actual = Get-Content $testfile $actual[0] | Should Be "" $actual[1] | Should Be "text " $actual[2] | Should Be "---- " $actual[3] | Should Be "some te..." } It "Should allow the cmdlet to overwrite an existing read-only file" -Pending:($env:TRAVIS_OS_NAME -eq "osx") { # create a read-only text file { Out-File -FilePath $testfile -InputObject $inObject } | Should Not Throw Set-ItemProperty -Path $testfile -Name IsReadOnly -Value $true # write information to the RO file { Out-File -FilePath $testfile -InputObject $inObject -Append -Force } | Should Not Throw $actual = Get-Content $testfile $actual[0] | Should Be "" $actual[1] | Should Match "text" $actual[2] | Should Match "----" $actual[3] | Should Match "some test text" $actual[4] | Should Be "" $actual[5] | Should Be "" $actual[6] | Should Be "" $actual[7] | Should Match "text" $actual[8] | Should Match "----" $actual[9] | Should Match "some test text" $actual[10] | Should Be "" $actual[11] | Should Be "" # reset to not read only so it can be deleted Set-ItemProperty -Path $testfile -Name IsReadOnly -Value $false } }