ChefSpec

gistfile1.txt

# line-cookbook/recipes/_tester.rb

file "0" do
  path "/tmp/.line-cookbook-testfile"
  content "An opening line"
  owner 'root'
  group 'root'
  mode '00644'
end

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# line-cookbook/spec/tester_spec.rb

require 'chefspec'

describe 'line-cookbook::_tester' do
  chef_run = ChefSpec::ChefRunner.new(platform:'ubuntu', version:'12.04')
  chef_run.converge('line-cookbook::_tester')
  #
  # This syntax gives the same error shown below in this gist.
  #   let(:chef_run) { ChefSpec::ChefRunner.new(platform:'ubuntu', version:'12.04').converge('line-cookbook::_tester') }

  it "creates /tmp/.line-cookbook-testfile with certain content" do
    expect(chef_run).to create_file_with_content '/tmp/.line-cookbook-testfile', 'An opening line'
  end

end

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Failures:

  1) line-cookbook::_tester creates /tmp/.line-cookbook-testfile with certain content
     Failure/Error: expect(chef_run).to create_file_with_content testerfile, 'An opening line'
       File content:
        does not match expected:
       An opening line
     # ./spec/tester_spec.rb:12:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

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1 example, 1 failure

Failed examples:

rspec ./spec/tester_spec.rb:10 # line-cookbook::_tester creates /tmp/.line-cookbook-testfile with certain content