[chef] Re: Re: Re: Exiting a run mid way through

[Noah Kantrowitz < >]

return aborts the current recipe during the compile phase, but it wouldn't 
have any affect on later recipes or during run. Useful more for stuff like 
per-platform guard clauses.

--Noah

On Apr 16, 2012, at 3:16 PM, AJ Christensen wrote:

> I believe I've used 'return' in a run to halt its processing by the
> recipe compiler, too, although you'll have to test it works as you
> expect.
> 
> return ArgumentError unless node.foo.has_key? :bar
> 
> --AJ
> 
> On 17 April 2012 10:12, Noah Kantrowitz 
> <
 >
>  wrote:
>> Just raise an exception, it will abort the run.
>> 
>> --Noah
>> 
>> On Apr 16, 2012, at 1:18 PM, Kendrick Martin wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello all,
>>> I’m looking for a way to exit a chef run gracefully(including calling 
>>> handlers) if a specific resource is notified. I am using the reboot 
>>> handler used in the windows cookbook. I would like the chef run to stop 
>>> if this resource provider is called so a reboot can be processed. Is 
>>> there an easy way to accomplish this?
>>> 
>>> Kendrick
>>> 
>>

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