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Depot Category

Cmdlets are usually implemented around resource operations. The four basic operations are CREATE, READ, UPDATE and DELETE. This set of operations is known as CRUD. Most of the cmdlets support CRUD which are respectively cmdlets that start with the New/Get/Set/Remove cmdlet verbs but they also may have additional operations

Step 1: Retrieve a object by running a Get command

You can READ objects by using Get-DepotAddons cmdlet. See example below:

# Retrieves an array of all the addons contained in the software depot located at "C:\<depot>.zip".

Get-DepotAddons "C:\<depot>.zip"

Step 2: Explore More Related Commands:


Get-DepotBaseImages This cmdlet retrieves basic information about base images in the software depot.
Get-DepotComponents This cmdlet retrieves basic information about components in the software depot.
Get-DepotInfo This cmdlet retrieves basic information about the specified software depot.
Get-DepotVibs This cmdlet retrieves basic information about VIBs in the software depot.