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Reputation:

Chef using variables in a array

How can you use variables in an array in Chef. I am trying to create multiple folder with an array. However my code does not work:

Code

variable1 = "/var/lib/temp"
variable2 = "/opt/chef/library"

%w{ #{variable1} #{variable2} }.each do |dir| 
    directory dir do
       owner 'root'
       group 'root'
       mode  '755'
       recursive true
       action :create
    end
end

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3316

Answers (1)

tadman
tadman

Reputation: 211540

The %w{ ... } syntax is for declaring an array of words, and no interpolation is done. Since you want an array of pre-existing strings, you can do it this way by declaring a plain-old array:

[ variable1, variable2 ].each do |dir|
  # ...
end

Or you can switch to this:

%w[ /var/lib/temp /opt/chef/library ].each |dir|
  # ...
end

The second form makes a lot more sense since that's your intent. No need for intermediate variables.

Upvotes: 2

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