New-Item : The given path's format is not supported - SOLVED

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_{Friday, November 15, 2019 10:02 AM}

I have function for getting MicrosoftSubscriptionData from Partner Center

function Export-MicrosoftSubscriptionData 


{[CmdletBinding()]    param ( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true)]


[string[]]$CustomerId    #TODO: Add optional parameters    

) 


begin {


$ArrayOfSubscriptions = 

[System.Collections.ArrayList]@() 

 }


process {

Try {

$CustomerId.ForEach({

#$CurrentCustomerId = $_
                
$CurrentCustomerId = "2"                                 


$Subscriptions = Get-PartnerCustomerSubscription -


CustomerId $CurrentCustomerId                                                                  

$Subscriptions.ForEach({                                   
$Subscription = [Order]::new()
$Subscription.PopulateMicrosoftPartnerData($_.SubscriptionId, $CurrentCustomerId)

 
                                               
$ArrayOfSubscriptions.Add($Subscription)

})

})
}
Catch {

Write-Host "Caught an exception:" -ForegroundColor Red
      
Write-Host "Exception Type: 

$($_.Exception.GetType().FullName)" -ForegroundColor Red    

Write-Host "Exception Message: $($_.Exception.Message)" -

ForegroundColor Red             errorLog $LogPath "Exporting" "subscription for Customer:$ArrayOfSubscriptions failed"                       }

}


end {

}

In case some of customerID fails i want to write it in some log file, so i created following function

$LogPath = Get-Location
 

function errorLog {
  
  param([string]$LogPath, [string]$Msg, [string]$exportType)
  if((Test-Path "$LogPath\$exportType.log") -eq $false) {New-Item "$LogPath\$exportType.log" -ItemType File}
  Write-Host "$(Get-Date): $Msg $exportType" -ForegroundColor Green
  Add-Content "$LogPath\$exportType.log" -Value "$(Get-Date): $Msg $exportType failed"
}

Then i called it in Catch block

I tried to simulate error, provided dummy CustomerID

 Catch {
            Write-Host "Caught an exception:" -ForegroundColor Red
            Write-Host "Exception Type: $($_.Exception.GetType().FullName)" -ForegroundColor Red
            Write-Host "Exception Message: $($_.Exception.Message)" -ForegroundColor Red 
            errorLog $LogPath "Exporting" "subscription failed"                  
        }     

This works without error, and it writes in log file that export failed for every Customer

11/15/2019 10:27:55: Exporting subscription failed

So i added CurrentCustomerID variable to errorLog function

 Catch {
            Write-Host "Caught an exception:" -ForegroundColor Red
            Write-Host "Exception Type: $($_.Exception.GetType().FullName)" -ForegroundColor Red
            Write-Host "Exception Message: $($_.Exception.Message)" -ForegroundColor Red 
            errorLog $LogPath "Exporting" "subscription for Customer:$CurrentCustomerId failed"                  
}     

Now i'm getting 

New-Item : The given path's format is not supported.
At line:11 char:58
+ ... og") -eq $false) {New-Item "$LogPath\$exportType.log" -ItemType File}
+                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [New-Item], NotSupportedException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.NotSupportedException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

So error happens only when i specify CustomerID in error function, is there any way to fix this ?

All replies (2)

_{Friday, November 15, 2019 10:24 AM ✅Answered}

Solved, stupid me: had to remove ":" and it started working

_{Friday, November 15, 2019 10:37 AM}

Before continuing please fix you original post and make it readable.

Also note that there is never a need to create a file before using it.  The first time the file is added to it will be created.

In your code there is no need to use a function.  Put the code in the "Catch" and use it directly.  I also recommend adding a timestamp to the log records.

\(ツ)_/