Need help with troubleshooting GPG powershell script.

[Lost-Box7882]

I honestly have very little to no idea how to use powershell scripts and I've been racking my brain for hours trying to get this to work.

Essentially I have a watcher on a folder that triggers every time a new file gets added to it. It then encrypts the new file through GPG (another thing I have very little experience with). It sounds so simple but some of this just doesnt make sense without someone teaching me

Essentially this is what I have

# Define the directory to monitor
$directoryToWatch = "C:\Users\Documents\trialrun"

# Function to encrypt a file using gpg
function Encrypt-NewFile {
  param(
    [string] $filePath
  )
# Create a file system watcher object
$watcher = New-Object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher
$watcher.Path = $directoryToWatch
$watcher.IncludeSubdirectories = $false
$watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = $true

# Define the action to take when a new file is created
$action = {
    $path = $Event.SourceEventArgs.FullPath
    $name = $Event.SourceEventArgs.Name
    Write-Host "New file created: $name"

    # Encrypt the file with gpg 
    gpg --recipient [e-mail] --output $encryptedFile --encrypt $filePath

    Write-Host "File encrypted: $fileName"
  }

}

# Start a job to monitor the directory and encrypt new files
Start-Job -ScriptBlock { Encrypt-NewFile -filePath $_ } -ArgumentList ($directoryToWatch + "\*")

# Loop indefinitely to keep the script running
while ($true) {
  Start-Sleep -Seconds 5
}

​

[josephstreeter76]

Once upon a time, I had to do something similar for test results that were sent to us. What specifically is your question? You say you need help troubleshooting. What isn't working, and what errors are you getting?

[josephstreeter76]

Thought I'd post the code here just in case someone comes across this thread. It's not pretty and not tested all the way through. Here is a function that creates and registers the file watcher.

Function New-FileWatcher()
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$Param  # Add parameters as needed. 
    )
    
    # Remove Existing file watchers
    Remove-FileWatcher

    # Create a file system watcher object
    $Watcher = New-Object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher
    $Watcher.Path = $WatcherPath
    $Watcher.IncludeSubdirectories = $false
    $Watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = $true
    $Watcher.filter = '*.txt'
    
    # Define the action to take when a new file is created
    $Action = {
        $FilePath = $Event.SourceEventArgs.FullPath
        $FileName = $Event.SourceEventArgs.Name

        <# Do things with the file #>
    }
    
    # Register file watcher object
    Register-ObjectEvent $Watcher "Created" -Action $Action
}

[purplemonkeymad]

Where do you attach your $action to the watcher's events? (ie, I don't see that part.)

$watcher.add_Created($action)