On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> wrote: >> Some of these functions return values, which are captured into variables >> by the caller. But these functions also want to inform the user of what's >> going on. *And*, I'd also like to be able to optionally redirect the output >> of the script as a whole, externally. > > ...and that is exactly why I have a 'msg' function (and I always had one > in vbscript, too). It provides a single point of control for output > generation.
I kind of suspected that was going to be the answer. Indeed, when you mentioned what "msg" did, that's what made me think of my script -- which has a "LogMsg" function that serves much the same purpose. But I was wondering if I missed something. Thanks again for all your help, PoSh and otherwise! -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin