Powershell equivilent of python's if __name__ == '__main__':
$MyInvocation
has lots of information about the current context, and those of callers. Maybe this could be used to detect if a script is being dot-sourced (i.e. imported) or executed as a script.
A script can act like a function: use param
as first non-common/whitespace in the file to defined parameters. It is not clear (one would need to try different combinations) what happens if you dot-source a script that starts param
...
Modules can directly execute code as well as export functions, variables, ... and can take parameters. Maybe $MyInvocation
in a module would allow the two cases to be detected.
EDIT: Additional:
$MyInvocation.Line
contains the command line used to execute the current script or function. Its Line
property has the scrip text used for the execution, when dot-sourcing this will start with ".
" but not if run as a script (obviously a case to use a regex match to allow for variable whitespace around the period).
In a script run as a function
$MyInvocation.Invocation
has information about how the script was started.
If ($MyInvocation.InvocationName -eq '&') {
"Called using operator: '$($MyInvocation.InvocationName)'"
} ElseIf ($MyInvocation.InvocationName -eq '.') {
"Dot sourced: '$($MyInvocation.InvocationName)'"
} ElseIf ((Resolve-Path -Path $MyInvocation.InvocationName).ProviderPath -eq $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path) {
"Called using path: '$($MyInvocation.InvocationName)'"
}