Chef/Correctness/ScopedFileExist

The Cookstyle cops department: Chef/Correctness

Enabled by default	Supports autocorrection	Target Chef Version
Enabled	Yes	All Versions

Scope file exist to access the correct File class by using ::File.exist? not File.exist?.

Examples

# bad
not_if { File.exist?('/etc/foo/bar') }

# good
not_if { ::File.exist?('/etc/foo/bar') }

Name	Default value	Configurable values
Version Added	5.15.0	String
Include		Array

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