[chef] Re: Catch Execute exit codes.

[Yoshi Spendiff < >]

An execute resource will fail the chef rub unless a return code from the 
returns attribute to the resource is returned from the command or ignore 
failure is set on the resource, so there's no handling of specific return 
codes I'm aware of, just success/fail. 

If it's just a matter of trying again you could use the retries and 
retry_delay attributes to the execute resource. 

For more sophisticated error handling you're probably going to want to use a 
ruby_block or a script resource instead of an execute and write in error 
handling in the ruby code or script

> On Sep 27, 2015, at 2:11 PM, Douglas Garstang 
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> I'm using an execute resource to unzip a file. When that fails, the exit 
> code is 9. Is there a way to catch specific exit codes from execute 
> resources and take some custom action?
> 
> Thanks,
> Doug
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