Can *.ps1 scripts run as background jobs themselves execute *.ps1 scripts?

Question

I want to run 15 instances of a script that pipelines 5 scripts together, and so far I\'m missing the pixie dust. I\'ve boiled the problem down to a test case with a master scri

Answer 1

You are calling sub_slave.ps1 wrong. This:

invoke-expression "D:\jobs\sub_slave.ps1 -message $message" 

Should be this:

D:\jobs\sub_slave.ps1 -message $message

The message was getting evaluated and became multiple arguments.

Answer 2

Just taking a guess here, but having multiple threads/jobs write to the same file out.txt could be causing issues.