Method: FileEdit#write_file

Defined in:
lib/chef/util/fileedit.rb

#write_file ⇒ Object

Make a copy of old_file and write new file out (only if file changed)



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# File 'lib/chef/util/fileedit.rb', line 69

def write_file
  
  # file_edited is false when there was no match in the whole file and thus no contents have changed.
  if file_edited
    backup_pathname = original_pathname + ".old"
    File.copy(original_pathname, backup_pathname)
    Tempfile.open("w") do |newfile|
      contents.each do |line|
        newfile.puts(line)
      end
      newfile.flush
      FileUtils.mv(newfile.path, original_pathname)
    end
  end
  self.file_edited = false

end