[chef] Re: RE: Re: Windows system standard program for unzip-ing archives?

["Julian C. Dunn" < >]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:27 AM, Adam Edwards 
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> The windows cookbook has a resource called windows_zipfile that can unzip
> files for you. One issue with that is that it downloads external software
> called 7zip to do this, so it requires that your nodes have Internet access
> at the time the execute a recipe (at least the first time). You can read
> about it here:
> https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/windows/blob/master/README.md.

Actually, it uses the 'zip' Rubygem, not 7-zip, so if you're cool with
getting a gem "approved" then that's a pretty lightweight way of
solving this problem.

- Julian

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