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- [Installation and verification](#installation-and-verification)
* [Example: Auto-load for current user](#example-auto-load-for-current-user)
- [Overview](#overview)
- [Broadcast considerations](#broadcast-considerations)
- [Pipeline](#pipeline)
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## Installation and verification
Downloads are available
via [my git server (https://git.asifbacchus.dev/asif/ps-cmdlet-wol)](https://git.asifbacchus.dev/asif/ps-cmdlet-wol)
and [GitHub (https://github.com/asifbacchus/ps-cmdlet-wol)](https://github.com/asifbacchus/ps-cmdlet-wol). You may
verify the cmdlet's integrity using [CodeNotary](https://codenotary.io) via `vcn authenticate` or by dropping the
downloaded script onto their verification webpage at [https://verify.codenotary.io](https://verify.codenotary.io).
Please always try to verify downloaded scripts and software regardless of the source!
Downloads are available via [my git server](https://git.asifbacchus.dev/asif/ps-cmdlet-wol/releases/latest)
and [GitHub](https://github.com/asifbacchus/ps-cmdlet-wol/releases/latest). You may verify the cmdlet's integrity
using [CodeNotary](https://codenotary.io) via `vcn authenticate` or by dropping the downloaded script and/or manifest
onto their verification webpage at [https://verify.codenotary.io](https://verify.codenotary.io). Please always try to
verify downloaded scripts and software regardless of the source!
If you are integrating this function with your own project or want to manually load the module as needed, then save the
module and manifest file wherever it is convenient for you. If you want to auto-load this function so it is available
automatically in any PowerShell session then you *must* extract it to a directory named **wol-magicPacket** somewhere
defined in your `PSModulePath` depending on your use-case. More information can be found directly from
Microsoft [here](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_modules?view=powershell-7.1#short-description)
.
### Example: Auto-load for current user
Here's a complete example assuming I want the module automatically available for all sessions running under my user
account:
```powershell
# download version 1.1
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://git.asifbacchus.dev/asif/ps-cmdlet-wol/archive/v1.1.zip -OutFile "$Env:DOWNLOADS\ps-cmdlet-wol.zip"
# Get PSModulePath
# You should see a user-level modules path in the form of either:
# C:\Users\Username\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules -OR-
# C:\Users\Username\Documents\PowerShell\Modules
$Env:PSModulePath
# change directory to the appropriate path from above
Set-Location "C:\Users\Username\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules"
# extract files and rename directory
Expand-Archive -Path "$Env:DOWNLOADS\ps-cmdlet-wol.zip" -DestinationPath .\
Rename-Item -Path ps-cmdlet-wol -NewName wol-magicPacket
# confirm: you should see a directory named 'wol-magicPacket'
gci
# confirm: you should see the manifest and module within the wol-magicPacket folder
gci .\wol-magicPacket
```
Now, close and re-open PowerShell and the `Send-MagicPacket` function should be available:
```powershell
Get-Command Send-MagicPacket
```
## Overview