chef_lib_hash_to_string

chef_lib_hash_to_string.rb

# This goes in <my_app_coobkook>/libraries/default.rb

class Chef
  class Resource
    def hash_to_s hash
      hash.map do |k,v|
        k.to_s + '=' + v.to_s 
      end.join("\n") + "\n"
    end
  end
end

###
## and this is how you use it in a recipe
file <path_to_file> do
  content hash_to_s(my_hash)
end
# Say you have path_to_file='/tmp/myfile'
# and my_hash = { 'quote' => 'to be or not to be' }
# it would create a file /tmp/myfile which content would be quote=to be or not to be