Vista - How to access the %temp% directory using PowerShell

I need to be able to access some files in the %temp% directory on the
computer and I am unable to open that directory in PowerShell. If I open a
cmd.exe window, I can simple type cd %temp% and it opens just fine. Is there
any reason why PowerShell would have issues with this?

Thanks,
-Flea#

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PowerShell keeps environemnt variables in a special PSDrive called: env

To get all environment variables, type:

dir env:

To get a specific variable, type:

$env:<variableName>, as in:

get-childitem $env:temp



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$env:temp

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$env:Temp

More Info: Get-help about_Environment_Variable

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F> I need to be able to access some files in the %temp% directory on the
F> computer and I am unable to open that directory in PowerShell. If I
F> open a cmd.exe window, I can simple type cd %temp% and it opens just
F> fine. Is there any reason why PowerShell would have issues with
F> this?
F>
F> Thanks,
F> -Flea#

Flea# wrote:This work for you?

PSH>$env:temp
C:\DOCUME~1\foo\LOCALS~1\Temp

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M> Flea# wrote:
M>M> This work for you?
M>
PSH>> $env:temp
PSH>>
M> C:\DOCUME~1\foo\LOCALS~1\Temp
M>
M> Marco
M>
M> PowerGadgets MVP
M> http://www.powergadgets.com/mvp
M> Blog:
M> http://marcoshaw.blogspot.com

There's always room for improvements. ;-)

Kiron, Brandon, Marco, Shay,

Thanks for all your fast replies! I am new to powershell so your expertise
is invaluable to me.

Your examples worked perfect for me and now I know about the env variables.
I do have two questions for you all though.

1. I am going to be needing to do a lot of work with PowerShell on remote
machines. PowerShell seems great when running stuff locally but I am finding
trouble trying to take what is simple locally and then applying it to remote
machines. Is there some way to create an object of a remote machine so that
whatever I execute can be ran against the remote machine?

2. For this example of the env variables, is it possible to access the env
variable of a remote machine? Basically there are files that I need to copy
from the %temp% directory of a given server and while the command $env:temp
is great for my machine, I don't know how to apply it to a remote machine.

Thanks to all for your advice and assistance!

-Flea#
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"Shay Levi" wrote:

1) not until v2 (which is a long way off.) You can do alot with WMI and .NET
though. Just need an idea of what your trying to do.
2) You can find this info in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Environment which you can access via a .NET object.

Here is an example
$srv = "Computer"
$regKey = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine,
$Srv)
$key = $regKey.OpenSubkey("SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment",$true)
$key.GetValueNames() | Select-Object @{n="ValueName";e={$_}},@{n="Value";e={$key.GetValue($_)}}

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F> Kiron, Brandon, Marco, Shay,
F>
F> Thanks for all your fast replies! I am new to powershell so your
F> expertise is invaluable to me.
F>
F> Your examples worked perfect for me and now I know about the env
F> variables. I do have two questions for you all though.
F>
F> 1. I am going to be needing to do a lot of work with PowerShell on
F> remote machines. PowerShell seems great when running stuff locally
F> but I am finding trouble trying to take what is simple locally and
F> then applying it to remote machines. Is there some way to create an
F> object of a remote machine so that whatever I execute can be ran
F> against the remote machine?
F>
F> 2. For this example of the env variables, is it possible to access
F> the env variable of a remote machine? Basically there are files that
F> I need to copy from the %temp% directory of a given server and while
F> the command $env:temp is great for my machine, I don't know how to
F> apply it to a remote machine.
F>
F> Thanks to all for your advice and assistance!
F>
F> -Flea#
F>
F> "Shay Levi" wrote:
F>

Keep in mind that (locally) $env:temp (%temp%) is the path to a USER temp
directory, not the server's.
If you want to get the system's temp path:

PS > [environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("temp","machine")
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP


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