Chef - Returning a variable from powershell script

Question

I would like to know if there is a way to return a variable value from a powershell script defined in powershell_script resource?

My powershell resource looks like following:

powershell_script "Test Script" do
  code <<-EOH
    Write-Host "Hello World!"
   return "test"
  EOH
end

I would like to use the returned value test from the script to use in other resources based on if conditions.

Thanks

Answer 1

Ohai!

I think you actually want to use the PowershellOut Mixin found here in the Powershell cookbook.

Chef resources rarely return values, but that's what heavy-weight resources are for!

If you have the powershell cookbook, you can do this:

include Chef::Mixin::PowershellOut
cmd = powershell_out!('command')
cmd.stdout #=> ...
cmd.stderr #=> ...