[chef-dev] Re: Re: local file copy resource?

[Bryan McLellan < >]

On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Noah Kantrowitz < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

file "foo" do

  owner "whatever"
  content { ::File.new("other") }
end

That's too complex. "cp foo bar" is easy, we shouldn't have to get into ruby do accomplish that, nor fall back on the execute resource for something this common and simple. 

Thoughts on idempotency?

Copy could check checksums and copy if they differ or perms differ, sort of like cookbook_file.

Move could be only if the source file (path) exists.

Bryan