[chef] Re: How do I modify a local variable through ruby_block?

[Adam Jacob < >]

The issue here is that Chef builds a collection of resources, which it
then iterates over. The block in the ruby block is not evaluated until
much later. What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

Adam

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Daniel S. Kim 
<
 >
 wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am having hard time with a variable modification. See the snippet below:
>
> subdir = ""
>
> ruby_block "read target archive directory name" do
>   block do
>     Dir.foreach("/snapshot/#{dbSnapshotId}") do |f|
>       unless(f.to_s.eql? ".")
>         unless (f.to_s.eql? "..")
>           Chef::Log.info("Timestamp: " + f.to_s)
>           subdir = f.to_s
>           node[:RestoreSubdir] = subdir
>           node.save
>         end
>       end
>     end
>   end
>   action :create
> end
>
>
> After the ruby_block, subdir is still an empty string. However, Chef::Log
> shows a value otherwise. I also tried these other method in order to get
> this String outside the ruby_block scope:
> 1. script resource => variable modification undone once out of scope
> 2. ruby_block resource => variable modification undone once out of scope
> 3. separate recipe with ruby code => ruby code still runs 1st before
> mounting the drive
> 4. separate recipe with ruby_block/script => still cannot see the variable
> modification once out of scope
> 5. node.save within ruby_block => save doesn't occur until chef-client is
> done running all the resources
> 6. databag.save within ruby_block => save doesn't occur until chef-client is
> done running all the resources
>
>
> Any suggestion?
>
>
>
>
> Regard,
>
> --
> Daniel S. Kim
>



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