PowerShell Core global config file

[Naomi010Sentzke]

PowerShell Core's global config is stored in a 'profile.ps1' file in $PSHome (%SCOOP%\apps\pwsh\current). Its not persisted.

[Naomi010Sentzke]

I tried to create this
https://gist.github.com/Naomi010Sentzke/48d6ed4aeadb562522ed338d4ee84249
Unfortunately Scoop changes "profile.ps1" to "profile.ps1.original" and persists a folder called "profile.ps1" instead.

[BlackPowerade]

"if (!(Test-Path \"$persist_dir\\mednafen.cfg\")) {",
"   New-Item \"$dir\\mednafen.cfg\" | Out-Null",
"}"

I use this snippet all the time for applications that don't come with a file that needs to be persisted, or only creates it after being run.

[Naomi010Sentzke]

@BlackPowerade It still renames "profile.ps1" to "profile.ps1.original" and persists a folder called "profile.ps1".

[BlackPowerade]

@Naomi010Sentzke Sorry, forgot to mention it doesn't work when used in pre-install. Place it in installer or post-install, delete the profile.ps1 folder in your persist directory and try it again.

[Ash258]

@BlackPowerade Stop confusing users and spreading clearly incorrect information.

Doing persist checks inside post-install is completely nonsense as it leads to anything.

You can do anything to $pesist_dir in any of the script blocks as it is defined in whole lifecycle of the manifest installation.

post_install is happening after the actual persisting. Which lead into the file being created as directory and leading to same problem as you had before.

Persist checks has to be done in pre_install or installer.script as done in all of the manifests everywhere in official buckets.

[Naomi010Sentzke]

Yeah, persisting happens before post-install. Installer script has the same issue - profile.ps1 gets renamed to profile.ps1.original and a folder called profile.ps1 gets persisted.
Here is a revision with installer script
https://gist.github.com/Naomi010Sentzke/48d6ed4aeadb562522ed338d4ee84249/146a1bb73c9026fd6ae989a59caddc6ac6936a78

[BlackPowerade]

@Ash258 I see. I thought post-install happened right after extraction, but before persisting.
Also @Naomi010Sentzke You have to change mednafen.cfg to profile.ps1.

"if (!(Test-Path \"$persist_dir\\mednafen.cfg\")) {",
            "   New-Item \"$dir\\profile.ps1\" | Out-Null",
            "}"

[Naomi010Sentzke]

@BlackPowerade oops. my bad.

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