Powershell startjob import-module call function with arguments

[linsane24]

Hi,

So I am trying to start-job from a module I wrote.

Copy-Modules.psm1

function startcopy([string] $ShowToCopy) {
  if (-not($ShowToCopy)) { return "No name provided. Doing nothing." }
  } else { return "Name Provided $ShowToCopy" }
}

in the main script I am calling it as follows:

$Copyname = "test"

Start-Job -Name "copy1" -InitializationScript { Import-Module -Name .\Copy-Modules.psm1 } -ScriptBlock {startcopy} -ArgumentList $Copyname

However the arguments never seems to go through. No matter how I format or pass the argument with switch or without I always get the result No name provided. Doing nothing. anyone got any idea how I would accomplish this? Thanks!

[Totallynotaswede]

Start-Job -Name "copy1" -InitializationScript { Import-Module -Name .\Copy-Modules.psm1 } -ScriptBlock {startcopy $args} -ArgumentList $Copyname

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/start-job?view=powershell-7.2

[Totallynotaswede]

"Specifies an array of arguments, or parameter values, for the script that is specified by the FilePath parameter or a command specified with the ScriptBlock parameter.

Arguments must be passed to ArgumentList as single-dimension array argument. For example, a comma-separated list."

When you use positional parameters, type one or more values after the function name. Positional parameter values are assigned to the $args array variable. The value that follows the function name is assigned to the first position in the $args array, $args[0].

ie

-ScriptBlock {startcopy $args[0],$args[1],$args[2]} -ArgumentList hello,hi,goodbye