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> Correct, it lists the contents of a directory It does so much more than that. It can display child items from any PSProvider (Get-PSProvider): defined aliase
by noinsight 10y ago
> Correct, it lists the contents of a directory
It does so much more than that. It can display child items from any PSProvider (Get-PSProvider): defined aliases, environmental variables, defined variables, defined functions, registry nodes, X.509 certificate containers and even Active Directory paths. "FileSystem" is just one provider amongst many.
You can also `cd` to any of these providers to use them in a filesystem-like manner. e.g. `cd HKLM:\`, `cd AD:\` (if you have the ActiveDirectory module)
That's why the name is abstract. Many of the default cmdlets work on all kinds of stuff, not just bare filesystem stuff.