Merge pull request #6910 from ofosos/file-provisioner-doc

Add note about overwriting destination file
8 years ago · ee1874f773
parent 95d107a89c 6d81ad0af5
commit ee1874f773
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--- a/website/source/docs/provisioners/file.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/provisioners/file.html.md
@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ The available configuration options are listed below.
    make the destination a file as well, but if you set your destination as a
    directory, at least make sure that the destination ends in a trailing slash
    so that Packer knows to use the source's basename in the final upload path.
-    Failure to do so may cause Packer to fail on file uploads.
+    Failure to do so may cause Packer to fail on file uploads. If the
+    destination file already exists, it will be overwritten.

 -   `direction` (string) - The direction of the file transfer. This defaults to
    "upload". If it is set to "download" then the file "source" in the machine