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Get-CPowerShellModuleInstallPath

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NAME Get-CPowerShellModuleInstallPath



SYNOPSIS

Returns the path to the directory where you can install custom modules.





SYNTAX

Get-CPowerShellModuleInstallPath [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

Custom modules should be installed under the `Program Files` directory. This function looks at the `PSModulePath`

environment variable to find the install location under `Program Files`. If that path isn't part of the

`PSModulePath` environment variable, returns the module path under `$PSHOME`. If that isn't part of the

`PSModulePath` environment variable, an error is written and nothing is returned.



`Get-CPowerShellModuleInstallPath` is new in Carbon 2.0.





PARAMETERS

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS

System.String





-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Get-CPowerShellModuleInstallPath



Demonstrates how to get the path where modules should be installed.











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