PSLogging

A PowerShell V5 class that can log to:

• A File
• The console
• The Windows Event Viewer

Synopsis

Used to create and output information from functions to a specific (or all three) log types

• A File
• The console
• The Windows Event Viewer

Description

This function will write to a all or one log type. Each log type can have a specified log type of:

Informational (Info)
Success (Success)
Warning (Warning)
Debugging (Debug)
Error (Error)
Error (Error & ErrorRecord)

This Class can be used directly by loading the 'PSLogging.ps1' file in the 'Class' folder or by using one of the functions contained in the 'Public' folder.

• New-EventViewerClass
• New-LogFileClass
• New-WriteHostClass

Using PSLogging Class's directly

As mentioned previously, there are multiple classes contained within the PSLogging.ps1 file. These are listed below, as well as their individual documentation pages:

• EventViewer
• LogFile
• WriteHost

Notes

   Name: Write-LogEntry
   Created by: Josh Rickard
   Created Date: 04/01/2017

Functionality

Write-LogEntry is a PowerShell helper function that will accept or create a log file and add strings based on severity, as well as parse $error[0] records for easy interpretation and readability.