Sample Code for Blog Post on Porting Unix Philosophy To Windows

tick.psm1

function Sample-Count-Files {
    [CmdletBinding()]

    param(
        # The file pattern to count
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, 
                   Position=0)]
        [string]$pattern,

        # Name of the log file
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, 
            Position=1)]
        [string]$logfile,

        # Seconds interval between samples
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, 
            Position=2)]
        [int]$seconds)

    While($true) {
        sleep $seconds;
        $cnt = (dir $pattern).Count;
        $d = Get-Date;
        $d.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss") + "`t$cnt" | Out-File $logfile -encoding ascii -Append -ob 0
    }
}




function Tick {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param([Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)][int]$Seconds)
    Process {
        while($true) { 
            Start-Sleep -Seconds $Seconds
            Get-Date
        }    
    }
}

function Count {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param(
    	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)]
	    [string]$Pattern,

    	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=1, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
	    $Time
    )

    Process {
        [PSCustomObject]@{ 
           Time=$Time; 
           Files= $(dir $Pattern).Count 
        }
    }
}