Start-Transcript - Powershell 1.0 CmdLet

Microsoft Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting tool based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. It is designed for system administrators, engineers and developers to control and automate the administration of Windows and applications.

More than hundred command-line tools (so called "cmdlets") can be used to perform system administration tasks and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). These cmdlets are easy to use, with standard naming conventions and common parameters, and standard tools for piping, sorting, filtering, and formatting data and objects.

Start-Transcript

Description
Start a transcript of a command shell session

Usage


Options
-Path string
       The path to the transcript file. 

   -force
       Override restrictions that prevent the command from succeeding, apart
       from security settings. e.g. override a files read-only attribute.

   -noClobber 
       Do not overwrite an existing file.
		
   -append 
       Add the new transcript to the end of an existing file.
		
   -whatIf
       Describe what would happen if you executed the command without
       actually executing the command.

   -confirm
       Prompt for confirmation before executing the command.

   CommonParameters:
       -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutVariable.

Example(s)
Start a transcript:

PS C:\>start-transcript -path c:\docs\MyTranscript.txt