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VijayVishnu
VijayVishnu

Reputation: 537

Can't create a directory in node

I have write the simple recipe here which is to create a directory in the node. But it shows error while running the chef-client.

directory "~/build" do

action :create

end

* Parent directory ~ does not exist, cannot create ~/build
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Error executing action `create` on resource 'directory[~/build]'
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Chef::Exceptions::EnclosingDirectoryDoesNotExist
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Parent directory ~ does not exist, cannot create ~/build

thanks for your valuable comments.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2565

Answers (2)

Tensibai
Tensibai

Reputation: 15784

~ or $HOME have no meaning in ruby, they're ok in shell context.

directory "#{ENV['HOME']}/build" would be better.

it will create the directory in the home dir of the user running chef.

Upvotes: 1

Stephen Carman
Stephen Carman

Reputation: 997

As mentioned above, ~ has no context in Ruby, but you can use File.expand_path to alter it to the correct directory...

directory File.expand_path("~/build") do
  action :create
end

This looks cleaner than the approach above, at least to me, but they are still correct.

http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-2.1.2/File.html#method-c-expand_path

Upvotes: 2

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