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Invoke-DownloadFileTask

SYNOPSIS

Task to support the downloading of files from the Internet.

SYNTAX

Invoke-DownloadFileTask [-SourceUri] <String> [-DestinationPath] <String> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
 [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

The Invoke-DownloadFileTask cmdlet sends HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and FILE requests to a given URL and saves the downloaded file to a specified destination.

EXAMPLES

Example 1

PS C:\> Invoke-DownloadFileTask -SourceUrl http://www.somedomain.com/SomeFile.txt -DestinationPath C:\Temp\SomeFile.txt

This downloads the file 'SomeFile.txt' from 'www.somedomain.com' and saves it to 'C:\Temp\SomeFile.txt'

PARAMETERS

-DestinationPath

Specifies the location for which this cmdlet saves the downloaded file. Enter a path and file name. If you omit the path, the default is the current location.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-SourceUri

Specifies the URL to obtain the file for download.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: True
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: cf

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs.
The cmdlet is not run.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: wi

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

INPUTS

None

OUTPUTS

System.Object

NOTES