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function Write-cHost($message = "")     #Write to host with #colors#
## --------------------------------------------------------------------------
{
    # Any text preceeded by '#color#' will be output with that color
    # until the occurence of the next '#' or '#color#'

    [string]$pipedMessage = @($Input)
    if (!$message)
    {
        if ( $pipedMessage ) {
            $message = $pipedMessage
        }
    }
	if ( $message ){
		# predefined Color Array
		$colors = @("black","blue","cyan","darkblue","darkcyan","darkgray","darkgreen","darkmagenta","darkred","darkyellow","gray","green","magenta","red","white","yellow");

		# Get the default Foreground Color
		$defaultFGColor = $host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor

		# Set CurrentColor to default Foreground Color
		$CurrentColor = $defaultFGColor

		# Split Messages
		$message = $message.split("#")

		# Iterate through splitted array
		foreach( $string in $message ){
			# If a string between #-Tags is equal to any predefined color, and is equal to the defaultcolor: set current color
			if ( $colors -contains $string.tolower() -and $CurrentColor -eq $defaultFGColor )
			{   $CurrentColor = $string	}
			else
			{
				# If string is a output message, than write string with current color (with no line break)
				write-host -nonewline -foreground $CurrentColor $string
				# Reset current color
				$CurrentColor = $defaultFGColor
			}
			# Write Empty String at the End
		}
		# Single write-host for the final line break
		write-host
	}
}
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function GetFilePath($fullPath)
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
{
    return [IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($fullPath);
}
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function GetFileNamePath($fullPath)
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
{
    # same as GetFilePath()
    return [IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($fullPath);
}
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function GetFileName($fullPath)
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
{
    return [IO.Path]::GetFileName($fullPath);
}
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function GetFileNameBase($fullPath)
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
{
    return [IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($fullPath);
}
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function GetFileNameExtension($fullPath)
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
{
   $extension = [IO.Path]::GetExtension($fullPath);
    write-host $extension
    if ($extension.startsWith("."))
        { return $extension.substring(1); }
    return $extension
}
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Normalize($fileName, $path)
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
{
    return [System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath((Join-Path ($path)  $fileName));
}
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Get-Tree($Path,$Include='*')
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
{
        @(Get-Item $Path -Include $Include) +
        (Get-ChildItem $Path -Recurse -Include $Include) |
        sort pspath -Descending -unique
}
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function Remove-Tree($Path,$Include='*')
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
{
    Get-Tree $Path $Include | Remove-Item -force -recurse
}
<######################## TESTING ####################################

#   A -recure bug in Remove-Item <directory> causes files to be skipped
#   or deadlocks when files being remove at same time as parent directory.
#   Remove-Tree (above) removes the decendent files before the parent directory by
#   sorting the dir|files in decendent order to be removed

Write-Host ("Get-Tree `"c:\temp\test`" `"*.o`"") -foreground yellow;
Get-Tree "c:\temp\test" "*.o"

Write-Host ("Remove-Tree `"c:\temp\test`" `"*.o`"") -foreground yellow
Remove-Tree "c:\temp\test" "*.o"

Write-Host ("Remove-Tree `"c:\temp\test`"") -foreground yellow
Remove-Tree "c:\temp\test"
########################### TESTING ####################################>
## --------------------------------------------------------------------------
##function Pause ($Message=”Press any key to continue…”)
## --------------------------------------------------------------------------
##{
##    # The PowerShell version 3+ Pause is ok, but not included on Win7
##    Write-Host -NoNewLine $Message
##    $null = $Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey(“NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown”)
##    Write-Host “”
##}