This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Join-Path', in PowerShell version 2 - as retrieved from
Windows version 'Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate ' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.
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Combines a path and a child path into a single path. The provider supplies the path delimiters.
Join-Path [-Path] <string[]> [-ChildPath] <string> [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Resolve] [-UseTransaction] [<CommonParameters>]
The Join-Path cmdlet combines a path and child-path into a single path. The provider supplies the path delimiters.
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C:\PS>join-path -path c:\win* -childpath System*
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This command uses Join-Path to combine the "c:\Win*" path with the "System*" child path. The Windows PowerShell file system provider, FileSystem
joins the path and adds the "\" delimiter.
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C:\PS>join-path c:\win* System* -resolve
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This command displays the files and folders that are referenced by joining the "c:\Win*" path and the "System*" child path. It displays the same
files and folders as Get-ChildItem, but it displays the fully qualified path to each item. In this command, the Path and ChildPath optional param
eter names are omitted.
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C:\PS>PS HKLM:\> join-path System *ControlSet* -resolve
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This command displays the registry keys in the HKLM\System registry subkey that include "ControlSet". This example shows how to use Join-Path wit
h the Windows PowerShell registry provider.
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C:\PS>join-path -path C:, D:, E:, F: -childpath New
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This command uses Join-Path to combine multiple path roots with a child path.
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C:\PS>get-psdrive -psprovider filesystem | foreach {$_.root} | join-path -childpath Subdir
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This command combines the roots of each Windows PowerShell file system drive in the console with the Subdir child path.
The command uses the Get-PSDrive cmdlet to get the Windows PowerShell drives supported by the FileSystem provider. The ForEach statement selects
only the Root property of the PSDriveInfo objects and combines it with the specified child path.
The output shows that the Windows PowerShell drives on the computer included a drive mapped to the C:\Program Files directory.