[chef] Re: only_if conditions key off exit value?

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

On Friday, September 16, 2011 at 1:35 AM, Jason J. W. Williams wrote:
> I'm having some issues with an only_if condition that works on Linux
> but seems to be having issues on Solaris, and I want to make sure I
> understand how Chef is handling it.
> 
> I have an only_if as follows:
> 
> only_if "mysql -u root -h localhost -e 'SHOW STATUS;'"
> 
> If the MySQL root user still has no password, the command will succeed
> and the exit status will be 0. However, if the root user now has a
> password, the command will fail and the exit status will be 1. My
> understanding is the the only_if will be True if the exit status from
> the command is 0. Is this incorrect?
> 
> -J
You've got it right, 0 is true, anything else is false. Running with `-l 
debug` might provide more insight into what's going on.

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Dan DeLeo