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ItemCmdletProvider.ExpandPath(String) Method

Definition

Expand a provider path that contains wildcards to a list of provider paths that the path represents.Only called for providers that declare the ExpandWildcards capability.

protected:
 virtual cli::array <System::String ^> ^ ExpandPath(System::String ^ path);
protected:
 virtual Platform::Array <Platform::String ^> ^ ExpandPath(Platform::String ^ path);
 virtual std::Array <std::wstring const &> ExpandPath(std::wstring const & path);
protected virtual string[] ExpandPath (string path);
abstract member ExpandPath : string -> string[]
override this.ExpandPath : string -> string[]
Protected Overridable Function ExpandPath (path As String) As String()

Parameters

path
String

The path to expand. Expansion must be consistent with the wildcarding rules of PowerShell's WildcardPattern class.

Returns

String[]

A list of provider paths that this path expands to. They must all exist.

Applies to