$error not described

[CoolDadTx]

There is no information in this article on how to get access to the error information inside a catch block. It mentions that the $error variable is set before searching for the catch handler. It then recommends that you read the section called about_errors. This section doesn't exist in the TOC nor is it linked in the See Also section.

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• ID: 12057801-bca7-e633-5872-1647f2b879ee
• Version Independent ID: 1bda81bf-58e5-93b9-48e7-ff1ec3d465d0
• Content: about_Try_Catch_Finally
• Content Source: reference/6/Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Try_Catch_Finally.md
• Product: powershell
• GitHub Login: @SteveL-MSFT
• Microsoft Alias: slee

[SteveL-MSFT]

The $error variable is just a running "log" of all errors. The text should mention using $_ or $PSItem to access the caught error with some samples.

[jcoutch]

Just an FYI - If you look in the top right corner, there's an "Edit" button which takes you to the GitHub repo containing this documentation so that you can submit pull requests. I just submitted one to address this:
#4107

[sdwheeler]

Looks like this was fixed in #4107