Using directory resource inside Chef Provider LWRP

Question

I'm trying to use directory resource under Chef LWRP, but unable to access the attribute inside the resource block, is there a way to do it. Or am I totally wrong and need different approach to achieve this.

my-cookbook/providers/default.rb

use_inline_resources

action :setup do
  directory node["#{@new_resource.name}"] do
    action :create
    not_if {node["#{@new_resource.name}"].include? "test"}
  end
end

The @new_resource.name on the line not_if {node["#{@new_resource.name}"].include? "test"} is evaluated as nilClass,

while it gets properly evaluated in directory node["#{@new_resource.name}"] do line

Thanks

Shan Shan · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-09T23:13:50

At last, found it

When referring to variable inside another resource, we need to access it without @.

action :setup do
  new_resource = @new_resource
  directory node["#{@new_resource.name}"] do
    action :create
    not_if {node["#{new_resource.name}"].include? "test"}
  end
end

Thanks to @stajkowski (GitHub)

Using directory resource inside Chef Provider LWRP

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