chef

https://github.com/opscode/chef

Ruby

A systems integration framework, built to bring the benefits of configuration management to your entire infrastructure.

Chef::Mixin::ShellOut#shell_out_compact_timeout

helper sugar for resources that support passing timeouts to shell_out

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Edit

git clone [email protected]:opscode/chef.git
cd chef
open lib/chef/mixin/shell_out.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch
git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Chef--Mixin--ShellOut-shell_out_compact_timeout-for-pr

# Commit to git
git add lib/chef/mixin/shell_out.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Chef::Mixin::ShellOut#shell_out_compact_timeout"

# Open pull request
gem install hub # on a mac you can `brew install hub`
hub fork
git push <your name> -your-name--update-docs-Chef--Mixin--ShellOut-shell_out_compact_timeout-for-pr
hub pull-request

# Celebrate!