[chef] Re: Need to pass argument from recipe to another in cookbook

[Lamont Granquist < >]

You probably just need a directory resource that notifies another 
resource when it creates the directory.

On 9/22/14, 2:56 AM, 

 
 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I had a cookbook with multiple recipes, in one of them having resources like
>
> Path /root/chef-repo/cookbooks/rollback/recipes/default.rb
>
> ruby_block "Create a directry for backup" do
>    block do
>    FileUtils.mkdir node['backup_path'] unless Dir.exists? node['backup_path']
>    $s=FileUtils.mkdir node['new_directory']
>    puts "directory#{$s}"
>    end
> end
>
>
> I need to pass this global variable $s  to another chef resources in another
> recipe like Path /root/chef-repo/cookbooks/rollback/recipes/xxxx.rb, if is is
> possible how can i get that value during at run time or in any other way?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ganesan.A