PowerShell: Module Basics - Paiet/Tech-Journal-for-Everything GitHub Wiki

Module Basics

• Modules have a .psm1 file extension
• Modules are stored in several places
  • $env:PSModulePath -split ';'
• Put module in a folder with the same name as the .psm1 file
• Module manifests
  • Store metadata about the module as a hashtable
  • .psd1 file extension
  • Name should match folder
  • New-ModuleManifest

$manifest = @{
    Path              = '.\MyFunctions\MyFunctions.psd1'
    RootModule        = 'MyFunctions.psm1'
    Author            = 'Mike Rodrick'
}
New-ModuleManifest @manifest