minor bin experiments

bin/tclargs.cmd

@@ -940,6 +940,7 @@ if {$nextshelltype ne "tcl" && $nextshelltype ne "none"} {
             #maint: keep this munging in sync with zsh/bash and perl blocks which must also do msys mangling
             if {[regexp {^cmd$|^cmd[.]exe$} $cmdword]} {
                 #need to deal with msys argument munging 
+                puts stderr "cmd call via msys detected. performing translation of /c to //C" 
                 #for now we only deal with /C or /c - todo - other cmd.exe flags?
                 #In this context we would usually only be using cmd.exe /c to launch older 'desktop' powershell to avoid spaced-argument problems - so we aren't expecting other flags 
                 set new_nextshellpath [list $cmdword]
@@ -1236,13 +1237,14 @@ if [[ "$nextshelltype" != "bash" && "$nextshelltype" != "none" ]]; then
         #do not double quote cmdpattern - or it will be treated as literal string
         if [[ "$nextshellpath" =~ $cmdpattern ]]; then
             #for now - tell the user what's going on
-            echo "cmd call via msys detected. performing translation of /c to //c and escaping backslashes in script path"
+            echo "cmd call via msys detected. performing translation of /c to //c and escaping backslashes in script path" >&2
             #flags to cmd.exe such as /c are interpreted by msys as looking like a unix path
             #review - for nextshellpath targets specified in the block for win32 - we don't expect unix paths (?)
             #what about other flags? - can we just double up all forward slashes?
             #maint: keep this munging in sync with the tcl block and perl block which must also do msys munging
             nextshellpath="${nextshellpath// \/[cC] / \/\/c }"
             # echo "new nextshellpath: ${nextshellpath}"
+            #review - 
             #don't double quote this
             script=${script//\\/\\\\}
         fi
@@ -1351,8 +1353,33 @@ if 0 {
 # -- unbalanced braces { } here *even in comments* will cause problems if there was no Tcl exit or return above
 # -- custom script should generally go below the begin_powershell_payload line
 # ## ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ###
-function GetScriptName { $myInvocation.ScriptName }
+#$MyInvocation.ScriptName should probably be considered deprecated
-$scriptname = GetScriptName
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78511229/how-can-i-choose-between-myinvocation-scriptname-and-myinvocation-pscommandpat
+$runningscriptname = $PSCommandPath
+if (-not $MyInvocation.PSCommandPath) {
+    $callingscriptname = ''
+} else {
+    $callingscriptname = $MyInvocation.PSCommandPath
+}
+#The problem with psmodulepath
+#https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/18108
+# psmodulepath is shared by powershell and pwsh despite not all ps modules being compatible.
+# It is futzed with by powershell/pwsh based on detecting the child process type.
+# a psmodulepath that has been futzed with by pwsh will not work for a child powershell 5 process that isn't launched directly
+#This is inherently unfriendly to situations where an intervening process may be something else such as cmd.exe,tcl,perl etc
+# nevertheless, powershell/pwsh maintainers seem to have taken the MS-centric view of the world that such situations don't exist :/
+#
+#symptoms of these shenannigans not working include things like Get-FileHash failing in powershell desktop
+#
+#We don't know if the original console was pwsh/powershell or cmd.exe, and we need to potentially divert to powershell 5 (desktop) 
+#via tcl or perl etc - or cmd.exe
+if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -le 5) {
+    # For Windows PowerShell, we want to remove any PowerShell 7 paths from PSModulePath
+    #snipped from https://github.com/PowerShell/DSC/pull/777/commits/af9b99a4d38e0cf1e54c4bbd89cbb6a8a8598c4e
+    #Presumably users are supposed to know not to have custom paths for powershell desktop containing a 'powershell' subfolder??
+    $env:PSModulePath = ($env:PSModulePath -split ';' | Where-Object { $_ -notlike '*\powershell\*' }) -join ';'
+}
+
 function GetDynamicParamDictionary {
     [CmdletBinding()]
     param(
@@ -1427,11 +1454,11 @@ function GetDynamicParamDictionary {
 #}
 #psmain @args
 #"Timestamp         :    {0,10:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}"    -f $(Get-Date)   | write-host
-"Script Name       :    {0}"    -f $scriptname                          | write-host
+#"Running Script Name       :    {0}"    -f $runningscriptname                          | write-host
 "Powershell Version:    {0}"    -f $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major      | write-host
-"powershell args   :    {0}"    -f ($args -join ", ")                   | write-host
+#"powershell args   :    {0}"    -f ($args -join ", ")                   | write-host
 # -- --- --- ---
-$thisfileContent = Get-Content $scriptname -Raw
+$thisfileContent = Get-Content $runningscriptname -Raw
 $startTag = ": <<asadmin_start>>"
 $endTag = ": <<asadmin_end>>"
 $pattern = "(?s)`n$startTag[^`n]*`n(.*?)`n$endTag"
@@ -1530,7 +1557,7 @@ if ($match.Success) {
     }
     if (-not (("pwsh", "powershell", "") -contains $nextshell_type)) {
         #nextshell diversion exists for this platform
-        write-host "os: $os pwsh/powershell launching subshell of type: $nextshell_type shellpath: $nextshell_path on script $scriptname"
+        write-host "os: $os pwsh/powershell launching subshell of type: $nextshell_type shellpath: $nextshell_path on script $runningscriptname"
 
         # $arguments = @($($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path))
         # $arguments += $args
@@ -1538,7 +1565,7 @@ if ($match.Success) {
         # $process = (Start-Process -FilePath $nextshell_path -ArgumentList $arguments -NoNewWindow -Wait)
         # Exit $process.ExitCode
 
-        & $nextshell_path $scriptname $args
+        & $nextshell_path $runningscriptname $args
         exit $LASTEXITCODE
     }
 }

src/scriptapps/bits.pl

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 
 eval {
-    use Win32::Service;
+    require Win32::Service;
 };
 if (exists $INC{'Win32/Service.pm'}) {
-    print "Win32::Service is loaded\n";
+    print "perl Win32::Service module is loaded\n";
 } else {
-    print "Win32::Service is not loaded\n";
+    print "perl Win32::Service module is not loaded\n";
     print "Attempting to install from cpan..\n";
     use CPAN;
     my $module = 'Win32::Service';
@@ -18,16 +18,27 @@ if (exists $INC{'Win32/Service.pm'}) {
         print "$module installed\n";
     }
 }
+$@ = '';
 eval {
-    use Win32::Service;
+    require Win32::Service;
 };
 if ($@) {
-    print "Unable to load or install Win32::Service. error: $@\n";
+    print "Unable to load or install perl Win32::Service module. error: $@\n";
 } else {
     my $service = "BITS";
+    if (Win32::Service::GetStatus('', $service, \%status)) {
+        if ($status{CurrentState} == SERVICE_RUNNING) {
+            print "Service '$service' is already running.\n";
+        } else {
+            print "Attempting to start '$service' service\n";
             if (Win32::Service::StartService('', $service)) {
                 print "$service started\n";
             } else {
-        print "Failed to start $service\n";
+                print "Failed to start '$service' service. Error $^E\n";
+                print "Ensure this script is run from an elevated shell or use a script that elevates permission\n"
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        print "Failed to get status for '$service' service. Error $^E\n";
     }
 }