Get-ErrorDetails.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     Shows detals of an $Error record for an exception 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     Creates an exception then shows how to find out details.     
6. .NOTES 
7.     File Name  : Get-ErrorDetails.ps1 
8.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
9.     Requires   : PowerShell V2 CTP3 
10. .LINK 
11.     http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2009/01/get-errordetailsps1.html
12. .EXAMPLE 
13.     PS C:\foo> .\Get-Errordetails.ps1' 
14.     Output - left as an exercise for the reader 
15. #> 
16.  
17. ### 
18. # Start of Script 
19. ### 
20.  
21. # Create divide by zero error 
22.  
23. try { 
24. $zero = 0 
25. 1/$zero   # will throw an exception 
26. } 
27. catch [System.DivideByZeroException] { 
28. "Exception caught in catch block" 
29. $err = $Error[0] 
30.  
31. # display $err contents ($error[0]) 
32. "Contents of Error[0]" 
33. $Err | fl * -Force 
34. "" 
35.  
36. # now - show exception 
37. "Exception details:" 
38. $err.Exception | fl * -Force 
39. "" 
40.  
41. # To get exception try: 
42. "Exception:" 
43. $err.Exception.InnerException | fl * -Force 
44. "" 
45.  
46. # To get actual exception in this case: 
47. "Specific exception name:" 
48. $err.Exception.InnerException.tostring().split(":")[0] 
49. } 
50. catch { 
51. "Some other error occurred" 
52. $Error[0] 
53. } 
54. # End of script 

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