[chef] Re: using cookbook_file

[Kevin Karwaski < >]

Hey Bridger,

You might try setting your cookbook_file resource action to nothing
and using a notifier in your directory resource block to call the
execution of the cookbook_file resource immediately:

cookbook_file "/tmp/testfile" do
  source "testfile" # this is the value that would be inferred from
the path parameter
  mode "0644"
  action :nothing
end

directory "/path/foo" do
  user "testuser"
  group "testuser"
  mode 0755
  notifies :run, cookbook_file["/tmp/testfile"], :immediately
end

http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Resources#Resources-Notifications

Hope this helps!



On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Bridger Larson
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 wrote:
> I am trying to have Chef deliver a bin file that needs to be run as part of
> the recipe, but the file is only being delivered at the very end of the
> recipe.  When it reaches the line to run the file I get an error saying that
> it doesn’t exist, then after everything else runs I see that chef it putting
> the file in place.  Am I using this wrong or is there a better way to do
> this?  Should I just switch to wget or scp to get the file instead?
>
>
>
> My recipe sets up the directories, tries to transfer or create the file,
> execute it then make config changes.  If I run the recipe again it will
> actually run the file and finish off the recipe correctly.
>
>
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
>
>
> Bridger Larson



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Kevin Karwaski
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