How do I Start a job of a function i just defined?

Question

How do I Start a job of a function i just defined?

function FOO { write-host \"HEY\" } Start-Job -ScriptBlock { FOO } |
Receive-Job

Receive-Job: The term \'         


        

Answer 1

The function needs to be inside the scriptblock:

Start-Job -ScriptBlock { function FOO { write-host "HEY" } ; FOO } | Wait-Job | Receive-Job