Use -Skip:$IsWindows

Uses the $IsWindows etc. booleans from the Microsoft.PowerShell.Platform
module instead of sourcing Test-Common repeatedly.

test/powershell/Add-Type.Tests.ps1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Describe "Add-Type" {
-    It -Pending "Should not throw given a simple class definition" {
+    It "Should not throw given a simple class definition" -Skip:$IsWindows {
         { Add-Type -TypeDefinition "public static class foo { }" } | Should Not Throw
     }
 }

test/powershell/Environment-Variables.Tests.ps1

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 Describe "Environment-Variables" {
-    $isWindows = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::IsOSPlatform([System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform]::Windows)
 
     It "Should have environment variables" {
         Get-Item ENV: | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@
     }
 
     It "Should contain /bin in the PATH" {
-        if ($isWindows)
+        if ($IsWindows)
         {
             $ENV:PATH | Should Match "C:"
         }
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@
     }
 
     It "Should have the correct HOME" {
-        if ($isWindows)
+        if ($IsWindows)
         {
             $expected = "\Users"
             Split-Path $ENV:HOMEPATH -Parent | Should Be $expected

test/powershell/Get-PSDrive.Tests.ps1

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 Describe "Get-PSDrive" {
-    $isWindows = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::IsOSPlatform([System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform]::Windows) 
 
     It "Should not throw" {
         Get-PSDrive | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
         (Get-PSDrive Env).Name        | Should Be Env
         (Get-PSDrive Cert).Root       | Should Be \
 
-        if ($isWindows)
+        if ($IsWindows)
         {
             (Get-PSDrive C).Provider.Name | Should Be FileSystem
         }

test/powershell/New-Item.Tests.ps1

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 }
 
 Describe "New-Item" {
-    $isWindows            = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::IsOSPlatform([System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform]::Windows)
     $tmpDirectory         = $TestDrive
     $testfile             = "testfile.txt"
     $testfolder           = "newDirectory"
@@ -101,13 +100,7 @@ Describe "New-Item" {
         Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile | Should Be $false 
     }
 
-    It "Should create a symbolic link of a file without error" {
+    It "Should create a symbolic link of a file without error" -Skip:$IsWindows {
-        # Making symbolic links on Windows requires administrator access
-        if ($isWindows)
-        {
-            return
-        }
-
         New-Item -Name $testfile -Path $tmpDirectory -ItemType file
         Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile | Should Be $true
 
@@ -115,13 +108,7 @@ Describe "New-Item" {
         Test-Path $FullyQualifiedLink | Should Be $true
     }
 
-    It "Should create a symbolic link from directory without error" {
+    It "Should create a symbolic link from directory without error" -Skip:$IsWindows {
-        # Making symbolic links on Windows requires administrator access
-        if ($isWindows)
-        {
-            return
-        }
-
         New-Item -Name $testFolder -Path $tmpDirectory -ItemType directory
         Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFolder | Should Be $true
 

test/powershell/Set-Location.Tests.ps1

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 Describe "Set-Location" {
     $startDirectory = Get-Location
-    $isWindows = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::IsOSPlatform([System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform]::Windows)
 
-    if ($isWindows)
+    if ($IsWindows)
     {
         $target = "C:\"
     }

test/powershell/Split-Path.Tests.ps1

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 Describe "Split-Path" {
-    $isWindows = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::IsOSPlatform([System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform]::Windows)
+    if ($IsWindows)
-
-    if ($isWindows)
     {
         $qualifier = "C:"
     }
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@
 
     It "Should return the path when the noqualifier switch is used on a Linux system" {
         { Split-Path ${qualifier}usr/bin -NoQualifier } | Should Not Throw
-        if ($isWindows)
+        if ($IsWindows)
         {
             Split-Path ${qualifier}usr/bin -NoQualifier     | Should Be "usr/bin"
         }

test/powershell/Test-Common.ps1

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-Function IsWindows
-{
-    $pingCommand = Get-Command -CommandType Application ping
-    if ($pingCommand.Definition.IndexOf("\") -ne -1)
-    {
-        return 1;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-Function GetTempDir
-{
-    if (IsWindows)
-    {
-        return $env:TEMP
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        return "/tmp"
-    }
-}
-