Inspec test multiple entities

chef-infra, inspec

Solution

you can use ruby code to test multiple entities

dirs = ["/lib","/bin","/dev"]
dirs.each do |path|
    describe file(path) do
        its('type') { should eq :directory }
        it { should be_directory }
    end
end

Problem

I am writing inspec tests for my chef recipes where there are 5 files which needs to tested for their mode. All of them should have the same mode 0755. ``` describe file('/dev') do its('mode') { should cmp '00755' } end ``` This is the sytax I am using. But this tests only 1 file(/dev). Is is possible to test multiple files using a single test block?

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