PSHost.Name Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Management.Automation.Host

Assembly:

System.Management.Automation.dll

Package:

System.Management.Automation v7.4.0

Gets the hosting application's identification in some user-friendly fashion. This name can be referenced by scripts and cmdlets to identify the host that is executing them. The format of the value is not defined, but a short, simple string is recommended.

public:
 abstract property System::String ^ Name { System::String ^ get(); };

public:
 abstract property Platform::String ^ Name { Platform::String ^ get(); };

public abstract string Name { get; }

member this.Name : string

Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property Name As String

Property Value

String

The name identifier of the hosting application.

Examples

if ($Host.Name -ieq "ConsoleHost") { write-host "I'm running in the Console Host" }

Remarks

In implementing this member, you should return some sort of informative string describing the nature your hosting application. For the default console host shipped by Microsoft this is ConsoleHost.