Execution Environment

 

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Factors that affect how commands run

 

LONG DESCRIPTION

 

The Windows PowerShell maintains a set of information, also known as the system state or execution environment, that affects how commands and other programs run in the shell.

 

The execution environment includes the following elements (for more information, type Get-Help followed by the term in parentheses):

 

·         Current namespace (Namespace)

·         Current working location (Location)

·         Shell functions (Function)

·         Exception and event handlers set by the trap special utility  (Error_handling)

·         Shell parameters (Shell_parameter)

·         Shell aliases (Alias)

·         Environment variables (Environment_variable)

·         Shell Variables (Shell_variable)