I am trying to create a log file from a PowerShell task in Task Scheduler, but nothing that I try is working.
Program/script
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
Add arguments
-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -File "C:\Users\Boston\script.ps1" > C:\Users\Boston\script.log
This is not saving the output of the task to a file.
You don't get any output because you are passing the redirection as an argument to powershell.exe because the redirection isn't interpreted by a cmd prompt. e.g.
Executable:
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
Argument List:
-ExecutionPolicy
Unrestricted
-File
"C:\Users\Boston\script.ps1"
>
C:\Users\Boston\script.log
In order to log output, the best way is to do it within the script. But, you can work around it by running the script as a -Command and then use PowerShell itself to redirect the output for you:
Arguments:
-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "& C:\Users\Boston\script.ps1 > C:\Users\Boston\script.log"
I would do it this way, implied -commmand to interpret the >, and 2>&1 to catch the errors. Otherwise the > doesn't get interpreted unless you're launching it from cmd or a .bat script.
powershell C:\Users\Boston\script.ps1 > C:\Users\Boston\script.log 2>&1
