What happens to PSHELL after 20 seconds?

[vefatica]

In another thread there's a discussion of PSHELL's current directory not automatically following TCC's current directory. I experimented with several aliases to get such following to happen and I kept running into the same oddity. I won't use an alias here. Take this command, for example.

*pshell /s "%@pshell[set-location '%_cwd'] echo OK"

As far as I can tell, it works the first two times it's issued in a TCC session. After that, if it's issued again within 20 seconds, it works; if issued again after more than 20 seconds, it fails (as below). Here's what I see in the two scenarios.

v:\> *pshell /s "%@pshell[set-location '%_cwd'] echo OK"
OK

v:\> *pshell /s "%@pshell[set-location '%_cwd'] echo OK"
PSHELL: System.Management.Automation.PSInvalidOperationException : The pipeline was not run because a pipeline is already running. Pipelines cannot be run concurrently.

I get different, and not very consistent, results if I try to automate my testing, for example, with a DO loop executing the command after various delays.

 

[Joe Caverly]

When I run the following;

@setlocal
@echo off
ver
do kount = 1 to 3
  *pshell /s "%@pshell[set-location '%_cwd'] echo %_time"
  delay 25
enddo
endlocal

...it returns;

c:\users\jlc\utils>test

TCC  22.00.38 x64   Windows 7 [Version 6.1.7601]
04:48:52
04:49:17
04:49:43

On the second execution;

c:\users\jlc\utils>test

TCC  22.00.38 x64   Windows 7 [Version 6.1.7601]
PSHELL: System.Management.Automation.PSInvalidOperationException : The pipeline was not run because a pipeline is alre
ady running. Pipelines cannot be run concurrently.
04:53:08
04:53:33

If I run the following (twice) from a PowerShell command line;

$kount = 0
do
 { set-location c:\utils
   date
   start-sleep 25
 }
 
while ( ++$kount -lt 3 )

...it returns;

PS C:\utils> test.ps1
Fri Feb  9 05:06:03 EST 2018
Fri Feb  9 05:06:29 EST 2018
Fri Feb  9 05:06:54 EST 2018
PS C:\utils> test.ps1
Fri Feb  9 05:07:55 EST 2018
Fri Feb  9 05:08:20 EST 2018
Fri Feb  9 05:08:45 EST 2018

Joe

 

[rconn]

Not reproducible here (Win 10 x64).

 

[Joe Caverly]

On my Windows 7 64-bit system, I have;

PS C:\utils> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.14409.1005
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.14409.1005
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

What version of Powershell is on your systems?

Joe

 

[vefatica]

I have

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.0.10586.117
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.10586.117
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.17929
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

 

[Joe Caverly]

@vefatica ,
I have been attempting to generate the error again, but I cannot.

I have modified the .BTM as follows;

@setlocal
@echo off
ver
do kount = 1 to 3
  *pshell /s "[System.IO.Directory]::GetFiles('\\.\\pipe\\')" > %_datetime.txt
  *pshell /s "%@pshell[set-location '%_cwd'] echo %_time"
  delay 25
enddo
endlocal

This allows me to see what pipes are currently in use on my system.

I believe the pipe in question is;

\\.\\pipe\\PSHost.131626667839524939.944.DefaultAppDomain.tcc

..filtered by doing;

ffind /t"PSHost." 2018*.txt

Joe

 

[vefatica]

As I said, automating the test produces various (not very consistent) results, sometimes with no failures. The best way is to do it at a prompt, over and over, waiting various amounts of times.

 

[rconn]

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.17093.1000
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.17093.1000
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

 

[vefatica]

How do I update Powershell?

 

[vefatica]

I just got the latest (apparently) for Win7\32 (same as Joe's).

v:\> pshell /s $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.14409.1005
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.14409.1005
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.17929
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1



v:\> *pshell /s "%@pshell[set-location '%_cwd'] echo OK"
PSHELL: System.Management.Automation.PSInvalidOperationException : The pipeline was not run because a pi
peline is already running. Pipelines cannot be run concurrently.