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Last line of batch file not running

I am using a batch file to make installing chef on servers a little bit less work. The last line of my code where I add the recipe seems to be completely ignored. Probably something stupid but what am I missing?

@ECHO OFF
set /p ip="Enter IP Address:"
set /p nodename="Enter Node Name:"
ECHO OK, installing Chef node %nodename% on %ip%
knife bootstrap %ip% -x ************ -P ************* --sudo -N %nodename% 
node-ssl-verify-mode none --no-host-key-verify 
knife node run_list add %nodename% "recipe[*********]"
Solution

  • As mentioned above, we use .bat wrappers for our executable Ruby scripts on Windows so to run them from another batch script you need call knife .... Also you don't need the run list add most likely, unless your recipes are very broken you can set the run list during the bootstrap.