I have been asked a few times now to use Bash with PrimalScript. It doesn’t have all the setup for it out of the box because there are a few different implementations of Bash available for Windows. If you followed the latest news, Microsoft has announced at the BUILD 2016 keynote that Bash will become […]
Tag: Shell
VersionRecall 2014 released.
We are proud to announce that VersionRecall 2014 has been released and is now available for download from our web site at http://www.sapien.com/software/versionrecall. If you have been evaluating the community preview version, please make sure to read all the way down so you catch the new features that have been added. If you have not […]
Developing PowerShell scripts for other machines (Part 2)
Yesterday we showed you how to export the cache information on a remote machine. Today we go through the steps to actually use that information. Remember that we exported the cache file on that Windows 2008R2 machine as “WIN2008R2TESTVM.CacheExport”. Let’s assume we put that file on the desktop of your local machine. Now fire up […]
PowerShell users getting the blues
PrimalScript 2011 hosts embedded Command and PowerShell consoles. One complaint we received was that the PowerShell console’s background was black rather than the familiar blue. We didn’t want to deprive PowerShell users of their wish for more color in their lives so we set the default to blue in service build 6.0.133. If you had […]
Feature Peek PrimalScript 2011: Bridging the gap, Part 3
Last time we learned how you can pre-determine where your script is executed by using meta-comments inside your code. While this third installment also deals with execution in either 32 or 64 bit environments, the main gap being addressed today is between script development and working in a shell. For us developer types, the use […]
Shell me, Bash me
In the last blog posts you have already seen that PrimalScript 2009 will have an integrated PowerShell command window. With PowerShell storming the charts, command line environments experience a bit of a renaissance. From a script development perspective it makes perfect sense to have a prompt ready in order to try out a command. If […]
Fun with Errors
In the online PowerShell class I’ve been doing this week we’ve been discussing error handling. I explained that the built-in $error variable is an array that stores recent PowerShell exceptions. Here’s a quick list of fun things you can do with an error object.
