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Powershell defaultparameterset not working. error


I am trying to use parameter set and use default parameter set. But the default parameter set doesn't seem to work for me. Any help is much appreciated. I can easily use validate set with default action but I want to know what I am doing wrong here.

Param([cmdletbinding(DefaultParametersetname="Directory")] 
      [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName="File")]
      [switch]$file, 
      [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName="Directory")]  
      [switch]$directory,

[Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName="File")] 
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName="Directory")] 
[string]$Source,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="File")]  
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="Directory")] 
[string]$DestinationPath, 
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName="Directory")] 
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName="File")]
[array]$Servers

PS C:\> Test-Script -Source "c:\somedirectory" -DestinationPath "c:\someotherdirectory"

error as shown below in the image

Test-Script : Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified named parameters.
At line:1 char:1
+ Test-Script -Source "c:\somedirectory" -DestinationPath "c:\someotherdirectory"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Test-Script], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : AmbiguousParameterSet,Test-Script


Solution

  • The CmdletBinding() attribute needs to go outside the param block, immediately before the param keyword, otherwise it will simply be ignored:

    [CmdletBinding(DefaultParametersetname="Directory")]
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName="File")]
        [switch]$file, 
    
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName="Directory")]
        [switch]$directory,
    
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName="File")]
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName="Directory")]
        [string]$Source,
    
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="File")]
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="Directory")]
        [string]$DestinationPath,
    
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName="Directory")]
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ParameterSetName="File")] 
        [array]$Servers
    )