Where does Start-Job output go?

Question

W:> $job = start-job { Write-Output "hi there"; throw "an error!" } | Wait-Job
W:> $job | select *


State         : Failed
HasMoreData   : True
StatusMessage :
Location      : localhost
Command       :  Write-Output "hi there"; throw "an error!"
JobStateInfo  : Failed
Finished      : System.Threading.ManualResetEvent
InstanceId    : 882957a9-a5e0-4876-bd22-0dbd87512f10
Id            : 7
Name          : Job7
ChildJobs     : {Job8}
PSBeginTime   : 3/24/2013 5:52:41 PM
PSEndTime     : 3/24/2013 5:52:47 PM
PSJobTypeName : BackgroundJob
Output        : {}
Error         : {}
Progress      : {}
Verbose       : {}
Debug         : {}
Warning       : {}

Where did my output go? How do I see the standard out/error streams?

Ansgar Wiechers · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-25 08:32:54Z

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Jobs are running in the background, so they don't write to the console. You have to run Receive-Job after a job completes to collect its output.

edited Mar 25, 2013 at 8:32

answered Mar 24, 2013 at 23:23

Ansgar Wiechers

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4 Comments

George Mauer Over a year ago

Perfect. thank you sir. I would add that it seems it is important to wait for the job to be complete before trying to receive it.

Ansgar Wiechers Over a year ago

@GeorgeMauer Indeed. I added this detail to my answer.

Sam Over a year ago

I dont see this behaviour. Instead my console randomly gets a blast of output from the job. I'm not using Wait-Job though

sirdank Over a year ago

You don't have to wait, see my answer.

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