msdeploy - What is up with this PowerShell command line quoting/escaping? -

i don't know i'm doing.

i have got powershell command work. can't figure out why works.

my concern final "" chars:

    &"c:\program files\iis\microsoft web deploy\msdeploy.exe" `     -verb:sync `     -source:contentpath="$build_directory\deploy" `     -dest:contentpath="$server_temp_directory,computername=$server,username=$server_username,password=$server_password" `     -verbose `     -postsync=runcommand="powershell -nologo -noprofile -command $server_temp_directory\remotetasks.ps1 deploy"" 

why need double double-quotes?

my ide (powergui) says line not ended correctly, way can make command run wanted.

what it, - , ide - don't know qouting in powershell?

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a little output echoargs:

if run:

echoargs -postsync=runcommand="powershell -nologo -noprofile -command $server_temp_directory\remotetasks.ps1 deploy"" 

i get:

arg 0 <-postsync=runcommand=powershell -nologo -noprofile -command \remotetasks.ps1 deploy> 

if run without double double-quotes, get:

arg 0 <-postsync=runcommand=powershell> arg 1 <-nologo> arg 2 <-noprofile> arg 3 <-command> arg 4 <\remotetasks.ps1> arg 5 <deploy> 

another thing notice is, above command work if uses = instead of : in last argument.

this won't work:

-postsync:runcommand="powershell -nologo -noprofile -command $server_temp_directory\remotetasks.ps1 deploy"" 

edit

now have tried array solution this:

$arguments = @("-verb:sync",                "-source:contentpath=$build_directory\deploy",                 "-dest:contentpath=$server_temp_directory,computername=$server,username=$server_username,password=$server_password",                 "-verbose",                 "-postsynconsuccess:runcommand=powershell -command $server_temp_directory\remotetasks.ps1 deploy") &"c:\program files\iis\microsoft web deploy\msdeploy.exe" $arguments 

i still same error:

error: unrecognized argument '"-postsynconsuccess:runcommand=powershell -command c:\temp\kslog\remotetasks.ps1 deploy"'. arguments must begin "-".

am doing new thing wrong here?

this notorious issue. ticket “executing commands require quotes , variables practically impossible” voted bug: https://connect.microsoft.com/powershell/feedback

you can find there few workarounds well. recommend compose parameters array , use & operator invoke native command array. see answers , examples: running exe file using powershell directory spaces in it , executing command stored in variable powershell

i did not work msdeploy.exe , cannot provide demo code case. applied approach many other tricky native commands enough. please, try , let know results.

p.s. technically not answer questions assume still looking practical way of doing this, still might helpful.