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Sergei
Asked: 2013-06-14 02:56:12 +0800 CST

Powershell - external command's parameter not accepted

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This seems like a simple problem but I am unable to fix it

Running dfsutil command in shell returns result 

C:\Windows\system32>dfsutil link "\server.domain.com\DFSRootname\Sharename"



Link Name="Sharename" State="OK" Timeout="1800"
        Target="\server1\sharename" State="ONLINE"  [Site: site1]
        Target="\server2\sharename" State="OFFLINE"  [Site: site2]



Done processing this command.

Trying to do the same in powershell


PS>
$path = "\\server.domain.com\DFSRootname\Sharename"
$dfsutil = "dfsutil"
$option = "link"

PS C:\Windows\system32> dfsutil link $path

DFS Utility Version 5.2 (built on 5.2.3790.3959)
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Unrecognized option "ink"

Same with using Invoke-Expression

PS C:\Windows\system32> Invoke-Expression "$dfsutil $option $path"

DFS Utility Version 5.2 (built on 5.2.3790.3959)
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Unrecognized option "ink"
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2 Answers

  1. The following syntax works for me on PS v2/v3. I'm preceding the command with a & the Call Operator:

    $path = "\\ad.example.org\root\share"
$dfsutil = "dfsutil"
$option = "link"

& $dfsutil $option $path

Link Name="share" State="OK" Timeout="1800"
Target="\\fs1.example.org\share" State="ONLINE"  [Site: default-site]

Done processing this command.
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  2. Seems like installation problem with my Windows 7 PS3 install. Command works fine on Windows 2008 R2 host with PS2

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