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local	Local: local_file	docs-local-resource-file	Generates a local file from content.

local_file

Generates a local file with the given content.

~> Note When working with local files, Terraform will detect the resource as having been deleted each time a configuration is applied on a new machine where the file is not present and will generate a diff to re-create it. This may cause "noise" in diffs in environments where configurations are routinely applied by many different users or within automation systems.

Example Usage

resource "local_file" "foo" {
    content     = "foo!"
    filename = "${path.module}/foo.bar"
}

Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

• content - (Required) The content of file to create.

• filename - (Required) The path of the file to create.

Any required parent directories will be created automatically, and any existing file with the given name will be overwritten.