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fingolfin
fingolfin

Reputation: 19

How can I create multiple files using chef recipe?

I wanted to create the loop using 'each' but I couldn't. When I looked at the examples using 'each', array was always used. Is there a solution using while or for?

while $i <=  do

  file "/home/user/files/file_#{i}" do
    owner 'root'
    group 'root'
    mode '0755'
    action :create
  end
  $i +=1
end

I want it to look like this file_1 file_2 file_3 ...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 209

Answers (1)

seshadri_c
seshadri_c

Reputation: 7350

You can use times or range methods instead of while.

Example using range:

(1..5).each do |i|
  file "/home/user/files/file_#{i}" do
    owner 'root'
    group 'root'
    mode '0755'
    action :create
  end
end

Here I'm using range of (1..5), which will create file_1 to file_5. You can change it to the numbers with which the files should be created.

Upvotes: 3

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