[chef] Re: Re: not_if not being respected in execute resource?

On Mon, 25 Jun 2012, Adam Jacob wrote:

> The obvious question: does java_home exist? Your print statement and
> the not_if are not identical...


::blinkblink:: .. there it is! thanks for the eyeballs. tis fixed now.
"/usr/java" != "#{java_home}".



> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:34 PM,  
> <
 >
>  wrote:
> >
> > or maybe i'm doing something silly and don't see it yet..
> >
> > i have a recipe that downloads and unpacks a tarball. my intention for
> > this is to have it download only if the target directory does not
> > exist on the node. but what's happening is, the tarball gets downloaded
> > on each run.
> >
> > am i using "not_if" correctly below? any suggestions?
> >
> > thanks!
> > kallen
> >
> >
> > if File.directory?("/usr/java/jdk#{java_version}.hoight.#{m_arch}")
> >  # after the first run, the above line is true
> >  Chef::Log.debug("HIGGS-BOSON: dir exists: 
> > /usr/java/jdk#{java_version}.hoight.#{m_arch}")
> > end
> >
> > execute "install_jdk_tarball" do
> >  user "root"
> >  cwd "/usr/java"
> >  command "curl -s 
> > http://#{depot}/depot/jdk#{java_version}.hoight.#{m_arch}.tgz ;| tar zxf -"
> >  not_if 
> > {File.directory?("#{java_home}/jdk#{java_version}.hoight.#{m_arch}")}
> > end
> >
> 
> 
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