[chef] Re: How do I test an attribute value in an "only_if" test?

[Ranjib Dey < >]

only_if node[:your_attribute] == "ur_overridden_value"

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 2:34 PM, ItsMikeE < "> > wrote:

I have two possible values of a variable, the default attribute and one
overridden in a role.
In my recipe I would like to test the value of the variable

Code is of the format

cookbook_file  "/dir/file" do
 action :create
 source "default file"
 owner "root"
 group "root"
 mode 0644
 only_if "test [:filetype]="default""
end

cookbook_file  "/dir/file" do
 action :create
 source "other file"
 owner "root"
 group "root"
 mode 0644
 only_if "test [:filetype]="other""
end

The only_if test is not working (syntax error).
Is there a way to do this kind of check?