Chef: Powerful Infrastructure Automation

Knife to editor integration

Many of the interactive knife subcommands use an editor to create or modify the infrastructure code. The proper integration of your favorite editor is important to a fluid knife experience.

Using the "wait" option

The key to successfully using your editor with knife is to configure it to use the editor's "wait" option. The wait option tells your editor to launch, open the specified file or content, but not return or exit from the launch command until the editor is exited.

In your standard modern OS, launching most applications from the command line will invoke the application and then immediately return control to the command-line shell. The command, in this case, invokes the editor; actually, it executes completely by ...