[chef] Re: Re: Re: using /var/chef/tmp instead of /tmp as a workspace for recipes

[Bryan Berry < >]

sounds like there is consensus

Would this make for a good foodcritic rule?

Dir.mktmpdir   w/out arguments creates a directory in /tmp

Dir.mktmpdir("/foo/bar")    creates a tmpdir in /foo/bar/

a foodcritic rule would flag  Dir.mktmpdir   w/out a prefix

Would such a rule be useful to anyone besides me?

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Steven Danna < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

Hi,

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Ranjib Dey < "> > wrote:
> i prefer to use the Chef::Config[:file_cache_path] (which usually points to
> /var/chef/cache) for similar use cases

I'm also a fan of of using Chef::Config[:file_cache_path] for things
like this.  It is also helpful in cases where /tmp is being mounted as
a tmpfs and avoid chef-client runs periodically taking longer after
something cleared out /tmp.

Cheers,

Steven