Update-Formatdata - 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.

Update-Formatdata

Description
Update and append format data files

Usage


Options
-appendPath string[]
       Path to additional .ps1xml format files to be loaded. 
       These files will be processed in the order they are 
       specified and after the built-in files are loaded.

   -prependPath string[]
       Path to additional .ps1xml format files to be loaded.
       These files will be processed in the order they are 
       specified and before the built-in files are loaded.

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

Example(s)
Update the shell format configuration from the built-in files:

PS C:\>update-formatdata

Update the shell format configuration from the built-in files plus two additional files:

PS C:\>update-typedata -prependpath RedFormat.format.Ps1xml,GreyFormat.format.Ps1xml