[chef] Windows and powershell_out

[Iain Prior < >]

Hi guys

I have managed to properly confuse myself well and truly!

Scenario: Basic Chef installation, server is Ubuntu 12.04, client is windows 
2012 server.

What I want to do: Read the "version" property of a file into an attribute of 
a node. 

What I've tried: You can see my attempt below. It seems that the 
PowerShellOut "mixin" is not available, but I'm too scared to add the windows 
and powershell cookbooks to my collection, because I understand that they are 
already included in the latest chef. So now I'm stuck! Help!!!

The powershell code below runs and creates the text file fine, but how do I 
get the value from the text file into the attribute?

The Code:

powershell_script 'filever' do
code <<-EOH
[System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo("C:\\Program 
Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe").FileVersion > 
C:\\windows\\temp\\fileversion.txt
get-content -Path  C:\\windows\\temp\\fileversion.txt
EOH
end

powershell_script 'filever2' do
  ::Chef::Recipe.send(:include, Chef::Mixin::PowershellOut)
  #include Chef::Mixin::PowershellOut
  node.normal[:ixserver][:Hello] = powershell_out("echo hello")
end


I'm hoping you guys can help..

 Many regards
Iain