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I've been learning PowerShell and the best way to learn is by doing. Scenario:

D:\Tools\chainsaw\chainsaw.exe
D:\Tools\chainsaw\mapping_files\
D:\Tools\chainsaw\sigma_rules\

I added D:\Tools\chainsaw\ to my PATH

I have my Event Logs in let's say C:\TestEventLogs\ which I make my current Directory in PowerShell

chainsaw.exe hunt ./ --rules sigma_rules/ --mapping mapping_files/sigma-mapping.yml --csv text.csv

Now a command like the below would fail because although PowerShell can find chainsaw.exe because it's in my PATH, it's unable to locate the other folders specified by the other two arguments --rules sigma_rules/ --mapping mapping_files/sigma-mapping.yml

Any tips or workaround to this would be appreciated. I am trying to automate some stuff using PS functions and arguments, and I'm stuck at making this work because I don't want to hardcode D:\Tools\chainsaw\mapping_files\ and D:\Tools\chainsaw\sigma_rules\ in the commandline.

CodePudding user response：

As commented, it may be of use for you to create an Environment variable for the file path:

[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("CHAINSAW", D:\Tools\chainsaw, "Machine")

Then you can use that as $env:CHAINSAW\mapping_files\sigma-mapping.yml