Update-FormatData

Updates and appends format data files.

Snap-In: Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility

Syntax:

Update-FormatData [

 [-AppendPath] <String[]>] [-PrependPath <String[]>] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference>] [-ErrorVariable <String>] [-OutVariable <String>] [-OutBuffer <Int32>] 

Description:

The Ps directory contains several format files. They have the suffix .ps1xml and are XML files. When you start a shell, Ps installs the format data from those files so the shell can run. You can build your own format.ps1xml files. When you do, the update-formatdata Cmdlet adds those files to the format data that it loads in the shell. You do not need to restart the shell to update the format data.