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authorTim Smith <tsmith@chef.io>2017-12-19 11:22:19 -0800
committerTim Smith <tsmith@chef.io>2017-12-19 11:22:19 -0800
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Add descriptions and @since comments to all resources
From the docs site Signed-off-by: Tim Smith <tsmith@chef.io>
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diff --git a/lib/chef/resource/cookbook_file.rb b/lib/chef/resource/cookbook_file.rb
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--- a/lib/chef/resource/cookbook_file.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/resource/cookbook_file.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ require "chef/mixin/securable"
class Chef
class Resource
+ # Use the cookbook_file resource to transfer files from a sub-directory of COOKBOOK_NAME/files/ to a specified path
+ # located on a host that is running the chef-client. The file is selected according to file specificity, which allows
+ # different source files to be used based on the hostname, host platform (operating system, distro, or as appropriate),
+ # or platform version. Files that are located in the COOKBOOK_NAME/files/default sub-directory may be used on any
+ # platform.
+ #
+ # During a chef-client run, the checksum for each local file is calculated and then compared against the checksum for
+ # the same file as it currently exists in the cookbook on the Chef server. A file is not transferred when the checksums
+ # match. Only files that require an update are transferred from the Chef server to a node.
class CookbookFile < Chef::Resource::File
include Chef::Mixin::Securable