chef log

[default] [Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:06:01 +0200] INFO: Processing execute[extract-jruby] action nothing (jruby::default line 16)
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[default] [Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:06:01 +0200] INFO: Processing remote_file[/tmp/jruby-bin-1.6.4.tar.gz] action create (jruby::default line 24)
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[default] [Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:06:57 +0200] INFO: Chef Run complete in 57.277101 seconds
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[default] [Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:06:57 +0200] INFO: Running report handlers
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[default] [Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:06:57 +0200] INFO: Report handlers complete
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default.rb

execute "extract jruby" do
  cwd "/usr/local/lib"
  user "root"
  group "root"
  command "tar -zxf /tmp/#{remote_filename}"
  action :nothing
end

remote_file("/tmp/#{remote_filename}") do
  source remote_url
  notifies :run, "execute[extract jruby]", :immediately
end