Question

$source = @{}
gci | %{$source.Add($_.FullName,$_)}
$source.getEnumerator() | %{($_.value).PsIsContainer}

Does not get me anywhere; but

gci | % {$_.PsIsContainer}

Does
I have resorted to using

$source.getEnumerator() | %{
if ((($_.Value).Attributes).toString() -eq "Directory")
   {
   ...
   }

}

Which seems kind of clunky

Why is it that PsIsContainer doesn’t work on HashTable Values?

Answer 1

It does work for me when I use a more direct method of adding items to the table, though:

PS> $source =@{}
PS> gci|%{$source[$_.FullName] = $_}
PS> $source.GetEnumerator() | %{$_.Value.PSIsContainer}
True
False
False
False
False
False
False
True
False
...

This seems to be an artifact of using the Add method for putting things in the hashtable.