Logging Errors
The latest version of psake no longer provides a way to log errors to a file. Most builds are executed by a continuous integration server which already logs all console output so it's redundant to provide that same functionality in psake. If an error does occur detailed error information is emitted to the console so that it will get saved by whatever CI server is running psake.
Here is an example of an error from a psake build script:
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4/25/2010 2:36:21 PM: An Error Occurred. See Error Details Below:
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ErrorRecord
PSMessageDetails :
Exception : System.Management.Automation.RuntimeException: This is a test
TargetObject : This is a test
CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (This is a test:String) [], RuntimeException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : This is a test
ErrorDetails :
InvocationInfo : System.Management.Automation.InvocationInfo
PipelineIterationInfo : {}
ErrorRecord.InvocationInfo
MyCommand :
BoundParameters : {}
UnboundArguments : {}
ScriptLineNumber : 4
OffsetInLine : 7
HistoryId : 34
ScriptName : C:\Users\Daddy\Documents\Projects\helloWorld\Build\LogError.ps1
Line : throw "This is a test"
PositionMessage :
At C:\Users\Daddy\Documents\Projects\helloWorld\Build\LogError.ps1:4 char:7
+ throw <<<< "This is a test"
InvocationName : throw
PipelineLength : 0
PipelinePosition : 0
ExpectingInput : False
CommandOrigin : Internal
Exception
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
ErrorRecord : This is a test
StackTrace :
WasThrownFromThrowStatement : True
Message : This is a test
Data : {}
InnerException :
TargetSite :
HelpLink :
Source :
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Script Variables
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Name Value
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_
args {}
context {System.Collections.Hashtable}
Error {}
false False
input System.Collections.ArrayList+ArrayListEnumeratorSimple
MaximumAliasCount 4096
MaximumDriveCount 4096
MaximumErrorCount 256
MaximumFunctionCount 4096
MaximumVariableCount 4096
MyInvocation System.Management.Automation.InvocationInfo
null
psake {build_script_file, version, default_build_file_name, use_exit_on_error...}
this
true True