Powershell: resolve path that might not exist?

Question

I\'m trying to process a list of files that may or may not be up to date and may or may not yet exist. In doing so, I need to resolve the full path of an item, even though

Answer 1

You can just set the -errorAction to "SilentlyContinue" and use Resolve-Path

5 >  (Resolve-Path .\AllFilerData.xml -ea 0).Path
C:\Users\Andy.Schneider\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Scripts\AllFilerData.xml

6 >  (Resolve-Path .\DoesNotExist -ea 0).Path

7 >