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chef > recipe
chef:recipe > require 'pry'
 => true 
chef:recipe > f = file "/tmp/foo"
 => <file[/tmp/foo] @name: "/tmp/foo" @noop: nil @before: nil @params: {} @provider: nil @allowed_actions: [:nothing, :create, :delete, :touch, :create_if_missing] @action: "create" @updated: false @updated_by_last_action: false @supports: {} @ignore_failure: false @retries: 0 @retry_delay: 2 @immediate_notifications: [] @delayed_notifications: [] @source_line: "(irb#1):3:in `irb_binding'" @resource_name: :file @path: "/tmp/foo" @backup: 5 @cookbook_name: nil @recipe_name: nil @enclosing_provider: nil>
chef:recipe > f.pry

[1] pry(#<Chef::Resource::File>)> ls
Chef::Mixin::CheckHelper methods: set_if_args
Chef::Mixin::ParamsValidate methods: set_or_return  validate
Chef::Mixin::Language methods: data_bag  data_bag_item  platform?  search  value_for_platform
Chef::Mixin::ConvertToClassName methods: convert_to_class_name  convert_to_snake_case  filename_to_qualified_string  snake_case_basename
Chef::Mixin::Deprecation methods: deprecated_ivar
Chef::Resource methods: action  add_notification  allowed_actions  allowed_actions=  cookbook_name  cookbook_name=  defined_at  delayed_notifications  enclosing_provider  enclosing_provider=  epic_fail  ignore_failure  immediate_notifications  inspect  is  load_prior_resource  method_missing  name  node  noop  not_if  not_if_args  notifies  notifies_delayed  notifies_immediately  only_if  only_if_args  params  params=  provider  provider=  recipe_name  recipe_name=  resolve_notification_references  resource_name  resources  retries  retries=  retry_delay  retry_delay=  run_action  run_context  run_context=  should_skip?  source_line  source_line=  subscribes  supports  to_hash  to_json  to_s  to_text  updated  updated=  updated?  updated_by_last_action  updated_by_last_action?
Chef::Resource::File methods: backup  checksum  content  group  mode  owner  path
self methods: __binding_impl__
instance variables: @action  @allowed_actions  @backup  @before  @cookbook_name  @delayed_notifications  @enclosing_provider  @ignore_failure  @immediate_notifications  @name  @node  @noop  @not_if  @only_if  @params  @path  @provider  @recipe_name  @resource_name  @retries  @retry_delay  @run_context  @source_line  @supports  @updated  @updated_by_last_action
locals: _  _dir_  _ex_  _file_  _in_  _out_  _pry_

[2] pry(#<Chef::Resource::File>)> to_hash
=> {:name=>"/tmp/foo",
 :noop=>nil,
 :before=>nil,
 :params=>{},
 :provider=>nil,
 :allowed_actions=>[:nothing, :create, :delete, :touch, :create_if_missing],
 :action=>"create",
 :updated=>false,
 :updated_by_last_action=>false,
 :supports=>{},
 :ignore_failure=>false,
 :retries=>0,
 :retry_delay=>2,
 :immediate_notifications=>[],
 :delayed_notifications=>[],
 :source_line=>"(irb#1):3:in `irb_binding'",
 :resource_name=>:file,
 :path=>"/tmp/foo",
 :backup=>5,
 :cookbook_name=>nil,
 :recipe_name=>nil,
 :enclosing_provider=>nil}

[3] pry(#<Chef::Resource::File>)> content "This is a file"
=> "This is a file"

[4] pry(#<Chef::Resource::File>)> run_action(:create)
[Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:30:47 -0700] INFO: Processing file[/tmp/foo] action create ((irb#1) line 3)
[Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:30:47 -0700] INFO: file[/tmp/foo] created file /tmp/foo
=> nil

[5] pry(#<Chef::Resource::File>)> ^D
 => <file[/tmp/foo] @name: "/tmp/foo" @noop: nil @before: nil @params: {} @provider: nil @allowed_actions: [:nothing, :create, :delete, :touch, :create_if_missing] @action: "create" @updated: true @updated_by_last_action: true @supports: {} @ignore_failure: false @retries: 0 @retry_delay: 2 @immediate_notifications: [] @delayed_notifications: [] @source_line: "(irb#1):3:in `irb_binding'" @resource_name: :file @path: "/tmp/foo" @backup: 5 @cookbook_name: nil @recipe_name: nil @enclosing_provider: nil @content: "This is a file" @owner: nil @group: nil @mode: nil> 

chef:recipe > IO.read("/tmp/foo")
 => "This is a file"