How to use a global variables file in powershell

Question

Hi,
I've been setting up vcheck reports and noticed that all the variables are stored in the global variables.ps1 file, what I'd like to understand is how are these variables referenced in the plugin scripts and other vcheck scripts?
This isn't a vcheck only question though, I'm trying to understand how powershell allows calling variables from an external file, this is something that I dont know how to do and would help me with scripting in general.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Hi @Mohammed Abdul-Basith ,

maybe this helps to get an idea how global variables are working: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_scopes?view=powershell-7.2

And an example how to reference to a global variable: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_scopes?view=powershell-7.2#example-5-using-a-local-variable-in-a-remote-command

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Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 2

Those are probably "dot-sourced" in the other scripts.

Something like this:

. .\variables.ps1        # contains a variable declaration "$x = 1"

$y = $x + 2
write-host $y           # value of $y should be 3