Safely Executes PACLI Commands from PowerShell using temporary bat files. Also throws on Error. Author: Ben Floyd

PACLIexec.ps1

<#
Author: Ben Floyd
Date: 2017-05-08
Desc: Safely Executes PACLI Commands from PowerShell using temporary bat files. Also throws on Error.
TODO: Put into a module.
#>
param(
    $baseDir = "C:\dev\somedirectory",
    $pacliDir = "$baseDir\PACLI",
    $vaultIni = "$baseDir\vault.ini",
    $userIni = "$baseDir\user.ini",
    [switch]$debug = $false
)

$cmdPacli = "$pacliDir\PACLI.exe"
$tmpPacliBat = "$baseDir\tmppacli.bat"
$stdErrorOut = "$baseDir\stderr.txt"

# Global functions
function Pacli {
    Write-Debug "$cmdPacli $Args"
    Set-Content $tmpPacliBat "@echo off`n""$cmdPacli"" $Args 2>""$stdErrorOut"""
    $output = (& $tmpPacliBat)
    $error = (Get-Content $stdErrorOut) -join " -- "
    rm -Force $stdErrorOut
    rm -Force $tmpPacliBat
    if(![System.String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($error)) { throw $error }
    return $output
}

# Example Usage:
try {
    $safe = "Local Administrator Accounts"
    Pacli INIT
    Pacli DEFINEFROMFILE PARMFILE=$vaultIni VAULT=ReportingVault 
    Pacli DEFAULT VAULT=ReportingVault USER=$username FOLDER=Root
    Pacli LOGON LOGONFILE=$userIni
    $safeDesc = Pacli SAFEDETAILS SAFE=`"$safe`" OUTPUT`(DESCRIPTION`)
    Pacli LOGOFF
} catch {
    Write-Error $_.Exception.Message
} finally {
    Pacli TERM
}