[chef] Re: Resource for copy local file?

[Joshua Timberman < >]

Hello,

On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 7:47 PM,  
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 wrote:
> Which chef resource type can I use to copy a local file, for example, copy
> local file from /tmp/1.txt to /root/1.txt?
>
> I know in puppet I can do like this:
> file{ “/root/1.txt”, ensure => present, source => “/tmp/1.txt”, }
>
> But how can I do this by chef? I looked into file, template, cookbook_file,
> remotefile, it looks no resource type can handle it. Could anyone give me 
> some
> advice on this?

To directly answer the question, you want to use the "content"
parameter of the file resource, using the Ruby IO.read() method.

file "/root/1.txt" do
  content IO.read("/tmp/1.txt")
end

However, I ask why are you doing this? Is the source coming from Chef
in the first place? Or is it a "state" file dropped off by some other
process or resource such as an execute or bash script? Better knowing
the use case may lead to a better, more reliable solution.

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