Chef/Correctness/PowershellFileExists

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Enabled by default	Supports autocorrection	Target Chef Version
Enabled	No	All Versions

Use Ruby’s built-in File.exist?('C:\somefile') method instead of executing PowerShell’s Test-Path cmdlet, which takes longer to load.

Examples

powershell_out('Test-Path "C:\\Program Files\\LAPS\\CSE\\AdmPwd.dll"').stdout.strip == 'True'

::File.exist?('C:\Program Files\LAPS\CSE\AdmPwd.dll')

Name	Default value	Configurable values
Version Added	7.19	String
Include		Array

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