Vista - path to item returned from get-childitem

I'm having difficulty extracting the path to a file from the output of
get-childitem. If I run "test.ps1" by entering .\test where test.ps1
contains:
foreach ($childx in $(get-childitem "test" -recurse -filter "*.txt"))
{
echo("childx=" + $childx)
echo ($childx)
$child =resolve-path $childx
echo ("child=" + $child)
}
with location set to a directory with a single .txt file, I get the
following output:

>> .\test
childx=first.txt

Directory:
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::C:\prof\computing\experimenting\P
owerShell\test

Mode LastWriteTime Length Name

---- ------------- ------ ----

-a--- 6/6/2007 4:57 PM 6 first.txt

child=

80#

as $child has a null value.

How should I get the path?

Thanks

Mike

"Mike Blake-Knox" <mikebk@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:VA.000000af.22c42243@nospam.nospam...
> I'm having difficulty extracting the path to a file from the output of
> get-childitem. If I run "test.ps1" by entering .\test where test.ps1
> contains:
> foreach ($childx in $(get-childitem "test" -recurse -filter "*.txt"))
> {
> echo("childx=" + $childx)
> echo ($childx)
> $child =resolve-path $childx
> echo ("child=" + $child)
> }

Will this work for you?

foreach ($childx in $(get-childitem "test" -recurse -filter "*.txt"))
{
echo("childx=" + $childx)
echo ($childx)
$child = $childx.fullname
echo ("child=" + $child)
}

Essentially you would tend to use Resolve-Path on a string like .\*.txt but
$childx is already a rich FileInfo *object* that contains lots of useful
information like the path via the Fullname property.

--
Keith

Or are you just looking for the directory that the file is in?

....
$child = $childx.directoryname
....

-= IJuan =-

"Keith Hill [MVP]" wrote:

> "Mike Blake-Knox" <mikebk@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:VA.000000af.22c42243@nospam.nospam...
> > I'm having difficulty extracting the path to a file from the output of
> > get-childitem. If I run "test.ps1" by entering .\test where test.ps1
> > contains:
> > foreach ($childx in $(get-childitem "test" -recurse -filter "*.txt"))
> > {
> > echo("childx=" + $childx)
> > echo ($childx)
> > $child =resolve-path $childx
> > echo ("child=" + $child)
> > }
>
> Will this work for you?
>
> foreach ($childx in $(get-childitem "test" -recurse -filter "*.txt"))
> {
> echo("childx=" + $childx)
> echo ($childx)
> $child = $childx.fullname
> echo ("child=" + $child)
> }
>
> Essentially you would tend to use Resolve-Path on a string like .\*.txt but
> $childx is already a rich FileInfo *object* that contains lots of useful
> information like the path via the Fullname property.
>
> --
> Keith
>
>

In article <u90jsgRqHHA.4132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Keith Hill [MVP] wrote:
> Essentially you would tend to use Resolve-Path on a string like .\*.txt but*
> $childx is already a rich FileInfo *object* that contains lots of useful*
> information like the path via the Fullname property.

Thanks!

I'd actually tried get-member to find which member to use but kept having a
null return. I should have used the -inputObject parameter.

On Jun 8, 7:15 am, Mike Blake-Knox <mik...@nospam.nospam> wrote:
> In article <u90jsgRqHHA.4...@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Keith Hill [MVP] wrote:
> > Essentially you would tend to use Resolve-Path on a string like .\*.txt but
> > $childx is already a rich FileInfo *object* that contains lots of useful
> > information like the path via the Fullname property.
>
> Thanks!
>
> I'd actually tried get-member to find which member to use but kept having a
> null return. I should have used the -inputObject parameter.

You can also use:

split-path $x -parent

~Josh