I have a vb function that is used to timestamp lines on log files that the bigger vbscript creates.

I am trying to convert this functionality to powershell as well.

Was hoping I could get some help sorting it out.

Here is the vb:
Function WTL(LineToProcess) Dim objFSO ' Private Variable Set objFSO = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject") If not objFSO.FileExists(LogFileName) Then Else LogFile.Writeline (Now) & " --- " & LineToProcess End If WScript.Echo(Now) & " --- " & LineToProcess End Function

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Ryan

Try this:

function WTL ($LineToProcess,$LogFileName) {
    if (Test-Path $LogFileName) { "$(Get-Date) --- $($LineToProcess)" | Add-Content $LogFileName }
    "$(Get-Date) --- $($LineToProcess)"
}

VB: WScript.Echo(Now) & " --- " & LineToProcess
PowerShell: [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show(("{0} --- {1}" -f (Get-Date), $LineToProcess))

That does give me what I'm looking for, but so far only seems to work if my first input into the function is a string.

Ultimately I am trying to capture the output of some processes I kick off, but instead of sending the output to the console, I want to send it to a file, and have each line of that output timestamped.

Basically I'm trying to create a log of a script I've written that kicks off multiple exe's.  I control what is sent to the console, but in the event that something doesn't work as expected, I am also creating a more verbose log file that also shows when certain processes are kicked off.

Right now it seems if I try to put a [System.Diagnostics.Process]::start($process) as the first argument after calling the WTL function, it never starts the process (but oddly the script doesn't error out either).

Is there a way to accomplish this?

Thanks for all of the help thus far.