[chef-dev] Re: STDIN

[Adam Jacob < >]

Without more context it's hard to debug what is causing your error. In
general, asking for input this way is a very bad idea (as Chef is
usually intended to be run stand-alone, without a user at the
console.)

That said, there is no reason it won't work. You probably want to do
STDIN.gets, just for safety.

Best,
Adam

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 5:23 AM,  
<
 >
 wrote:
> Hello All. Can anybody clarify that is CHEF able to work with  STDIN.
> Recipe should  take inputs that will allow  to set various variables .
> I tried to do it with ruby_block but it says “error: No such file or
> directory - -c”
> Here is ruby block :
>
> ruby_block "puts_some_text" do
> block do
> print("Enter your variable: ")
> STDOUT.flush
> a_string = gets
> puts a_string
> end
> action :create
> end
>



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