Loading custom functions in PowerShell

Question

I ve got some additional functions that I ve defined in an additional PowerShell script file  that I m trying to load in a main  ps1 file  However  when I call the  ps1 file from the PowerShell prompt it doesn t seem to run through those commands   In the following code example  build functions ps1 has code that defines various custom functions  If I run the file separately  for example  running it by itself and then running through the primary script  it works fine  Build builddefs ps1 contains a number of variables that also need to be populated prior to running the primary script   At the beginning of my primary script I have this     build functions ps1   build builddefs ps1   However  these don t seem to be run  because the primary script fails when it tries to execute the first custom function  What am I doing wrong

User · Answer

I kept using this all this time  Import-module   build functions ps1 -Force

User · Answer

You have to dot source them       build funtions ps1     build builddefs ps1   Note the extra    This heyscriptingguy article should be of help - How to Reuse Windows PowerShell Functions in Scripts

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