Export-DbaXeCsv, fix path handling #6870
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Type of Change
Purpose
Make sure to target the correct xel files in all cases, I added a comment.
$outDir sounded like a leftover, so I removed it. Also, changed extension to csv rather than .sql.
Approach
Irregardless of the format of the "filename" attribute, .xel files are always transformed. Ideally we should not just check filename but also 'max_file_size','max_rollover_files'. The point is that it seems sufficient to have the filename to be able to build the final path, which is always a "mask" of the filename because MSSQL appends _x_yyyyyyyyy to the BASENAME of the specified filename.
This means filename = 'niphlod' ends up with niphlod_x_yyyyyyy.xel but the same happens when filename = niphlod.xel.
In any case this modification sets the path of Get-ChildItem to return even niphlod.xel, if found, so if someone falls into that cornercase (which, by my experience, is impossible) it remains covered too.
To confirm watch at system_health default trace....a better sum up can be retrieved with
Same thing can be retrieved by
As this is one of @spaghettidba and @potatoqualitee babies, I'm totally waiting for their approval :D