[chef] Re: Windows Package Notify If Installed

[Mike < >]

Dan,

You may have to add an 'action' to your statement, to prevent it from
executing each run.

Something like:

windows_batch "test" do
  code <<-EOH
       echo DAN WAS HERE!!!
  EOH
  action :nothing
end

Hope this helps,
-M

On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Gibbons, Daniel (RBI-UK)
<
 >
 wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I’m trying to create a recipe to install an application which needs
> additional configuration after installation so I’m trying to go down the
> Chef route of using “notifies” but I can’t seem to get it to work:
>
>
>
> windows_batch "test" do
>
>   code <<-EOH
>
>        echo DAN WAS HERE!!!
>
>   EOH
>
> end
>
>
>
> windows_package "MarkLogic Server" do
>
> source node['markLogic']['installUrl']
>
> action :install
>
> notifies :run, 'windows_batch[test]', :delayed
>
> end
>
>
>
> Even though the application doesn’t reinstall it always executes the “test”.
> I could just do all of this in PowerShell instead but it kind of defeats the
> object of using Chef.
>
>
>
> Any suggestions/solutions appreciated as I can’t find anything in the docs
> to help.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Dan
>
>
>
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