[chef] Re: Re: Chef Recipe inserting a line before last line in fie

[charles Keagle < >]

Doesn't append add the new line to the end of the file?  I need to add 
it before a line I define.

Maybe something like:
prepend_if_no_line "+:mongod:cron crond" do
  file "/etc/security/access.conf"
  string "-: ALL : ALL"
end

Still looking at inserting a line before another line when necessary.

On 12/9/2012 12:55 AM, Sean OMeara wrote:
> Hi Charles!
>
> This comes up ALL THE TIME, so...
>
> I whipped up a line cookbook on the community site that'll help you out.
>
> add depends 'line' in a cookbook's metadata.rb, then in a recipe you can say:
>
> append_if_no_line "hello world" do
>    file "/tmp/dangerfile"
>    string "HI THERE I AM STRING"
> end
>
>
> It's alpha code cut at 4am, so let me know how it works =)
> -s
>
> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 1:37 AM,  
> <
>  >
>  wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am new to Chef and Ruby and trying to figure out the proper way to add a 
> > line
> > to /etc/security/access.conf prior to the last line that denies everything not
> > already defined.
> >
> > Not sure yet whether the best way is to use a Chef command of a Ruby Block.
> >
> > I do not see a way in Chef to insert a new line searched for if the line does
> > not already exist in the file prior to another line in the file.
> >
> > I thought this would work:
> >
> > file.replace_line_if_no_match but that adds it after the last line in the 
> > file.
> >   In security, all the entries in access.conf that allow access have to be 
> > prior
> > to the line that denies everything not already allowed.
> >
> > Basically, I want to see if "+:mongod:cron crond\n" already exists.  If it
> > does, do not do anything.  However, if it does not exist, insert it prior to 
> > "-
> > : ALL : ALL\n".
> >
> > What is the best way in a Chef Recipe to do this?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > ----
> > Charles Keagle
> >
> >  
> > 425-417-3434


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