This vs environment psprovider?

[JustinGrote]

Since the Env: PSDrive works cross platform, is there something that this module is providing functionality-wise that I can't do with that?

Just wondering, thanks!

[mklement0]

@JustinGrote, this module is for managing persistent environment variables (also), via the Windows registry, which the Env: drive (environment provider) doesn't support - unfortunately, the README doesn't make that clear at the moment.

As such, it complements the in-process-environment-variables-only environment provider, though there's definitely overlap, given that process-level variables can be managed too.

That said, I would have preferred that this functionality be added to the environment provider itself, via dynamic parameters, as argued here.

As for the cross-platform perspective: Unfortunately, there's no unified mechanism for storing and updating persistent environment variables across Unix-like platforms, so - like the .NET APIs - this module is Windows-only.