[chef] Re: RE: knife data bag from file with --all

[Christopher Kampmeier < >]

Yes, using *.json works.  Thanks for the tip.

I suppose I'll need to dig into the --all support in the source to get a 
better feel for whether it is supposed to work before filing a bug.

Chris

On 3/27/13 8:52 AM, Matt Ray wrote:
> Doesn't "knife data bag from file [bag_name] *.json" work?
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> I am trying to get the --all option to work:
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> knife data bag from file [bag_name] --all # all data bag items assuming that
> data bags are in the ./data_bags/
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> Although I successfully used create to first define a data bag on the server
> and I can use from file with a data bag and an item .json file to upload a
> single item, I cannot figure out how to use the --all option to upload all
> items for a specified data bag.  When I run it, a blank line is returned and
> nothing is uploaded.
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> Does anyone have a working example of the --all option?
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> On a related topic, what is the difference inusing knife upload to upload data
> bags or other content as compared to using the knife from file options?