[chef] Re: cookbok file-- copy only if new

[Brad Knowles < >]

On Sep 12, 2013, at 3:00 PM, Alan Ivey 
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> The :create_if_missing action will only put the file in place if it doesn't 
> already exist.
> 
> The .war file can be in the cookbook/files/default/file_name.war. Then, use 
> the action:
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> cookbook_file "/destination/path/to/file_name.war" do
>   action :create_if_missing"
> end

Yeah, but if there's an old war file that's already there, will it replace 
that with the new one?

I think the OP wants an "action :create" here, and leave it up to Chef to 
check the hash signature of the war file to see if it actually needs to be 
updated or not.

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