[chef] RE: Updating PATH on windows for use in subsequent recipes

[Adam Edwards < >]

How are you updating the path – using the env resource? On Windows, env sends a broadcast system message message that should cause new processes to get the latest environment.

 

-Adam

 

From: Jeppe Nejsum Madsen [mailto: "> ]
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 10:46 AM
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Subject: [chef] Updating PATH on windows for use in subsequent recipes

 

Hi

Is there a way to force reload of the PATH variable on windows?

We install git & nodejs and then tries to install some npm packages from a git repo.

But in the initial run, npm cannot find git because the current process' PATH is not updated.

Starting a new shell and running chef-client solves the issue, but this is of course less than ideal.

Any ideas?

/Jeppe