Vista - Writing generic cmdlets that work across different (navigation) providers

Context

Suppose I want to write a get-wordcount cmdlet that works across different
(navigation) providers (i.e. not just files in the Windows file system).

Questions

1. In my C# cmdlet (ProcessRecord), how can I get the provider, psdrive and
path, etc. for the current path/file?

2. From my C# cmdlet, is there a generic way to open and read a stream from
a file (via it's underlying provider)?


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> Context
>
> Suppose I want to write a get-wordcount cmdlet that works across different
> (navigation) providers (i.e. not just files in the Windows file system).
>
> Questions
>
> 1. In my C# cmdlet (ProcessRecord), how can I get the provider, psdrive
> and path, etc. for the current path/file?

Look in SessionState.

>
> 2. From my C# cmdlet, is there a generic way to open and read a stream
> from a file (via it's underlying provider)?
>

Use InvokeProvider.Content.GetReader