[chef] Re: Notifying Resources within Ruby Block Resource

[Joshua Timberman < >]

On Nov 14, 2011, at 3:38 PM, 
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> I have found myself running into the case where I want to notify a specific
> resource within a Ruby Block resource. 
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> I can't see any simple way to do this without modifying the ruby block
> provider. 
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> Is there anyway to do this without modifying the provider?


You can do this:

    ruby_block "some ruby code" do
      block do
        # the actual stuff in the block
      end
      notifies :action, "resource[other resource]"
    end

Note that the notifies goes after the `block` parameter's block.


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