Passing arguments to Start-Job scriptblock?

Question

I\'d like to setup a cmdlet to start and stop mysql, and I\'m trying to do so with Start-Job. the I\'ve got the following in my Powershell profile:

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Answer 1

you have to use the -argumentlist parameter see get-help start-job :

 start-job  -ScriptBlock { & $args[0] } -ArgumentList @($mysqlpath )

note that in V3 you just have to use the prefix using: before your varname ex:

  Start-Job -ScriptBlock { & "$using:mysqlpath\mysqld.exe" }