Add ability to preserve local_file on destroy

[alanbchristie]

Would it be possible to add a do_not_destroy argument to the local_file configuration item so that when terraform destroy is executed the generated local file is left intact? The reason? I create dynamic content for a post-destroy Ansible script and it would be useful to keep the content of the locally-generated file for this playbook.

i.e. would it be acceptable to provide the ability to do this...

resource "local_file" "cleanup_vars" {
  content = "${data.template_file.cleanup_vars.rendered}"
  filename = "../../../ansible/aws-cleanup/vars.yml"
  do_not_destroy = true
}

With the above if terraform apply is re-excuted is is perfectly fine (and expected) to over-write any existing file.

Terraform Version

Terraform v0.11.1

Terraform Configuration Files

data "template_file" "cleanup_vars" {
  template = "${file("../../../ansible/aws-cleanup/vars.yml.tpl")}"

  vars {
    aws_region = "${var.aws_region}"
  }
}

resource "local_file" "cleanup_vars" {
  content = "${data.template_file.cleanup_vars.rendered}"
  filename = "../../../ansible/aws-cleanup/vars.yml"
}

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[hashibot]

This issue has been automatically migrated to hashicorp/terraform-provider-local#7 because it looks like an issue with that provider. If you believe this is not an issue with the provider, please reply to this issue and let us know.

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