chef_cleaner

Simple chef handler to remove files who was not updated by chef in the specific directory.

Supported Platforms

Tested on Ubuntu 12.04, but may work on almost all linux platforms.

Usage

For init handler — include chef_cleaner into your run_list

Include chef_cleaner in your node's run_list:

{
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[chef_cleaner::default]"
  ]
}

make_clean resource

For starting cleaning in directory use make_clean resource:

chef_cleaner "/tmp/1"

There is additional attributes:
* recursive - For recursive check files in dir. Default: false (TrueFalse)
* exclude - Array of exclude files in dir (May be Regexp or local path or global path) (String or Regexp or Array)
* report - for testing, if you not sure what you want to clean. Default: false (TrueFalse)
* notify - run some command if cleaner remove some files (String or Array)

Actions:
* :make clean - Default action
* :report - Make report, not remove files

Examples:

chef_cleaner "/etc/sensu/conf.d/checks" do
  exclude "my_new_check.json"
  notify "\`service sensu-client restart\`"
end

chef_cleaner "/etc/nginx/site-enables" do
  recursive true
  action :report
end

chef_cleaner "Custom name" do
  directory "/tmp/test_directory_7"
  recursive true
  exclude [/.*regexp$/, "subdir_created_with_bash/created_with_bash", "/subdir_created_with_chef/created_with_bash", "/tmp/test_directory_7/subdir_created_with_bash/created_with_bash_other"]
end

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (i.e. add-new-recipe)
3. Write you change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request

License and Authors

Author:: Grammarly, Inc. (ctrlok@gmail.com)