file resource mode matcher does not display file permissions correctly on failure

[ScottKinder]

When a file does not match the intended mode value, the failure return does not list what the mode is in the typical fashion, i.e., 0644, 0777, etc. Instead, as in the following example, it returns that it should equal 416 but instead equals 420. I would expect it to return the file permissions.

root@997d17a0fd01:~# cat spec.rb
describe file('/root/file') do
    its('mode') { should eq 0640 }
end
root@997d17a0fd01:~# ls -l file
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 10 18:17 file
root@997d17a0fd01:~# inspec exec spec.rb
F

Failures:

  1) File /root/file mode should eq 416
     Failure/Error: its('mode') { should eq 0640 }

       expected: 416
            got: 420

       (compared using ==)
     # spec.rb:2:in `block (2 levels) in load'
     # /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/inspec-0.9.2/lib/inspec/runner.rb:89:in `run_with'
     # /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/inspec-0.9.2/lib/inspec/runner.rb:85:in `run'
     # /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'
     # /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in `invoke_command'
     # /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor.rb:359:in `dispatch'
     # /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/thor-0.19.1/lib/thor/base.rb:440:in `start'

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1 example, 1 failure

Failed examples:

rspec  # File /root/file mode should eq 416

[chris-rock]

@ScottKinder Thanks for reporting this! I agree with you, its hard to work with the current output. We need to optimize the output to print the permissions in a human readable way

[srenatus]

@ScottKinder With #324, you can now write your example as follows:

describe file('/root/file') do
    its('mode') { should cmp '0640' }
end

...and get the output in the convenient octal format, too. What do you think, workable solution? 😉

[arlimus]

Please reopen if this still persists in the latest release