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

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Answer 1

As @Shay points out, FOO needs to be defined for the job. Another way to do this is to use the -InitializationScript parameter to prepare the session.

For your example:

$functions = {
    function FOO { write-host "HEY" }
}

Start-Job -InitializationScript $functions -ScriptBlock {FOO}|
    Wait-Job| Receive-Job

This can be useful if you want to use the same functions for different jobs.