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[chef] Re: Re: Capture output from a command or read contents from a file


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  • From: Harlan Barnes < >
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  • Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:39:10 -0500
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On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Matt Ray < "> > wrote:
Take a look at using Mixlib::ShellOut (previously Chef::ShellOut).
https://github.com/opscode/mixlib-shellout

Here's an outdated example (needs to be updated to Mixlib from Chef).
https://github.com/opscode/cookbooks/blob/master/drbd/recipes/pair.rb#L49

Thanks Matt. This is probably a stupid question, but Is Mixlib::ShellOut packaged with Chef? I don't see it in the latest version and gem install mixlib-shellout fails ("not in any repository"). I just wanted to make sure before I download and install it from github.

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