Setting Cron using chef

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I have a question about ruby/chef, I am creating a recipe that will setup a cron job once we chef-client the node and I am getting a syntax error when I run my kitchen test

The following block of code is part of my recipe

  action node["hadoop_temp"]["scripts"]["cron"]["clean_temp"]["enabled"] = ? :create : :delete
  minute node["hadoop_temp"]["scripts"]["cron"]["clean_temp"]["minute"]
  hour node["hadoop_temp"]["scripts"]["cron"]["clean_teamp"]["hour"]
  day node["hadoop_temp"]["scripts"]["cron"]["clean_temp"]["day"]
  month node["hadoop_temp"]["scripts"]["cron"]["clean_temp"]["month"]
  weekday node["hadoop_temp"]["scripts"]["cron"]["clean_temp"]["weekday"]

the following block is part of my attributes.

  #Run the cron every day at 12AM cleans /temp
  default["hadoop_temp"]["scripts"]["cron"]["clean_temp"]["enabled"] = false
  default["hadoop_temp"]["scripts"]["cron"]["clean_temp"]["minute"] = "0"
  default["hadoop_temp"]["scripts"]["cron"]["clean_temp"]["hour"] = "0"
  default["hadoop_temp"]["scripts"]["cron"]["clean_temp"]["day"] = "*"
  default["hadoop_temp"]["scripts"]["cron"]["clean_temp"]["month"] = "*"
  default["hadoop_temp"]["scripts"]["cron"]["clean_temp"]["weekday"] = "*"

when I run my kitchen test I am getting the following error.

   SyntaxError
   -----------
   /tmp/kitchen/cache/cookbooks/hadoop_temp/recipes/clean_temp.rb:25: syntax error, unexpected '?'
   ..."hadoop_temp"]["enabled"] = ? :create : :delete

I do not understand boolean 100% in ruby what I want to accomplish is if the entry exist create but if in the future I want to delete I just have to switch the attribute to true.

You could [learn about the ternary operator in ruby](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4252936/how-do-i-use-the-conditional-operator-in-ruby). — StephenKing, Apr 12 '16 at 13:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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You could learn about the ternary operator in rubylearn about the ternary operator in ruby

I did took the = sign out of the recipe action. now it looks like:

    action node["hadoop_temp"]["scripts"]["cron"]["clean_temp"]["enabled"] ? :create : :delete

Thank you @StephenKing the test passed

edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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