1 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/ini_setting/ruby.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/ini_setting/ruby.rb
index 2c13847..af7a073 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/ini_setting/ruby.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/ini_setting/ruby.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,28 @@ require File.expand_path('../../../util/ini_file', __FILE__)
 
 Puppet::Type.type(:ini_setting).provide(:ruby) do
 
+  def self.instances
+    if self.respond_to?(:file_path)
+      # figure out what to do about the seperator
+      ini_file  = Puppet::Util::IniFile.new(file_path, '=')
+      resources = []
+      ini_file.section_names.each do |section_name|
+        ini_file.get_settings(section_name).each do |setting, value|
+          resources.push(
+            new(
+              :name   => "#{section_name}/#{setting}",
+              :value  => value,
+              :ensure => :present
+            )
+          )
+        end
+      end
+      resources
+    else
+      raise(Puppet::Error, 'Ini_settings only support collecting instances when a file path is hard coded')
+    end
+  end
+
   def exists?
     ini_file.get_value(section, setting)
   end
@@ -36,7 +58,11 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:ini_setting).provide(:ruby) do
   end
 
   def file_path
-    resource[:path]
+    if self.class.respond_to?(:file_path)
+      self.class.file_path
+    else
+      resource[:path]
+    end
   end
 
   def separator