[chef-dev] Re: Re: ::File notation

[Noah Kantrowitz < >]

Yep, the issue is that recipe code is executed in the Chef::Recipe namespace, 
so "File" gets you Chef::File. Not sure there is a workaround given Ruby's 
structure for name lookups.

--Noah

On Apr 16, 2013, at 10:18 AM, Mike wrote:

> I don't understand.
> 
> By using ::File, aren't you guaranteeing that you're using the root 
> namespace?
> 
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Akzhan Abdulin
> <
 >
>  wrote:
>> Hello Chiefs,
>> 
>> I have insight, - Chef classes should never be named as system ones.
>> 
>> We need to eliminate ::File and so on notation.
>> 
>> Yours sincerely,
>>  Akzhan.
>> 
>> 
>> 2013/4/16 Avishai Ish-Shalom 
>> <
 >
>>> 
>>> inline_recipe "test" do
>>> 
>>>     block do
>>>             log "testing resource group"
>>> 
>>>             file "/tmp/test1" do
>>> 
>>>                     mode "0600"
>>> 
>>>             end
>>>     end
>>>     action :nothing
>>> 
>>>     notifies :write, "log[test]"
>>> 
>>>  only_if { ::File.exists? "/tmp/test2" }
>>> 
>>> end
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> https://github.com/avishai-ish-shalom/chef-inline-recipe/blob/master/recipes/default.rb
>>> 
>>> 
>>

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