Method: Chef::Provider::File#set_content

Defined in:
lib/chef/provider/file.rb

#set_content ⇒ Object

Set the content of the file, assuming it is not set correctly already.



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# File 'lib/chef/provider/file.rb', line 185

def set_content
  unless compare_content
    description = []
    description << "update content in file #{@new_resource.path} from #{short_cksum(@current_resource.checksum)} to #{short_cksum(new_resource_content_checksum)}"
    description << diff_current_from_content(@new_resource.content) 
    converge_by(description) do
      backup @new_resource.path if ::File.exists?(@new_resource.path)
      ::File.open(@new_resource.path, "w") {|f| f.write @new_resource.content }
      Chef::Log.info("#{@new_resource} contents updated")
    end
  end
end