Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Third Edition

Access modifiers

Depending on the type of object, properties may be read-only or read/write. These may be identified using Get-Member and by inspecting the access modifiers.

In the following example, the value in curly braces at the end of each line is the access modifier:

PS> $File = New-Item NewFile.txt -ForcePS> $File | Get-Member -MemberType Property    TypeName: System.IO.FileInfoName              MemberType    Definition ----              ----------    ---------- Attributes        Property      System.IO.FileAttributes Attributes {get;set;}CreationTime      Property      datetime CreationTime {get;set;} CreationTimeUtc   Property      datetime CreationTimeUtc {get;set;} Directory         Property      System.IO.DirectoryInfo Directory {get;} DirectoryName     Property      string DirectoryName {get;} Exists Property ...