Azure Devops - PowerShell task on self-hosted agent - azure-devops

Question

I have an Azure Devops deployment pipeline setup which is building and I am able to deploy to a self hosted virtual machine with no issue.
I have the following powershell script that correctly clears down my destination directory leaving 2 folders that are not part of source control
Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\testDeploy\' -Recurse -exclude "pod","photos" |
Select -ExpandProperty FullName |
Where {$_ -notlike '*\pod\*' -and $_ -notlike '*\photos\*'} |
sort length -Descending |
Remove-Item -force
I have tried adding a "PowerShell Script" task but i'm don;t know how to get the PowerShell script in to a folder that the task can access i.e. $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory). Can anyone advise how I should be either generating the file or where to store it in my repo that is then accessible by the self-hosted Windows agent

Answer 1

Agree with Shayki, you can create a powershell(.ps1) file in repos and paste your script in it to achieve that. And then, use powershell task to execute the script which in ps1 file.
But, as you said that you want it be maintained within the repos easily. Need made some change on your script:
Param(
[string]$RootPath,
[string]$File1,
[string]$File2,
[string]$NonLike1,
[string]$NonLike2
)
Get-ChildItem -Path $RootPath -Recurse -include $File1,$File2 |
Select -ExpandProperty FullName |
Where {$_ -notlike $NonLike1 -and $_ -notlike $NonLike2} |
sort length -Descending |
Remove-Item -Recurse -force
The first change is, you need to replace the hard code with variable. Pass the value with task, this is a good way to maintain your script.
The second which also the important change is add -Recurse after Remove-Item, or you will get the error showed below while the value of $RootPath is hard code, such as 'C:\Users\'.
Remove-Item : Windows PowerShell is in NonInteractive mode. Read and
Prompt functionality is not available.
And then, you can add task in your build pipeline. Add the Script path where the .ps1 file located and input the Arguments with the value:
If you want to access $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory), pass it to $RootPath.
Hope my sample can help you achieve what you want.