Having problems getting a Powershell Timeout working

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Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong here, it's killing me... I want the loop to stop if it's been over a minute or SomeFile.txt shows up. Thanks

$EndTimer = (Get-Date).AddMinutes(1)
while (((Get-Date) -le $EndTimer) -or (!(Test-Path "$LocPath\SomeFile.txt"))) {2..1 | ForEach {Start-Sleep -Seconds $_ ;"Processing..."}}

What isn't working for you? Does it stop too soon? Never? Not if the file is there? Do you get errors? — EBGreen
– EBGreen, Commented Feb 6, 2018 at 21:06
The loop only stops when the "$LocPath\SomeFile.txt" shows up. I want it to stop when a minute is up OR the file shows up. — PSnewbie
– PSnewbie, Commented Feb 6, 2018 at 21:18

Mike Shepard · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-06 21:05:38Z

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You should be using -and instead of -or in your condition.

You want the loop to continue "while" the timer isn't expired and the file doesn't exist.

answered Feb 6, 2018 at 21:05

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PSnewbie Over a year ago

I want the loop to continue "while" the timer isn't expired OR the file doesn't exist.

Mike Shepard Over a year ago

As soon as one of the conditions is false (it's past the time) or the file starts existing, you want it to exit. You don't need both to be false (which would use an -or).

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