2 files changed, 29 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/file_line/ruby.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/file_line/ruby.rb
index 3cb9f6e..7ddb39f 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/file_line/ruby.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/file_line/ruby.rb
@@ -49,10 +49,32 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:file_line).provide(:ruby) do
   end
 
   def handle_create_without_match
-    File.open(resource[:path], 'a') do |fh|
-      fh.puts resource[:line]
+
+    regex = resource[:after] ? Regexp.new(resource[:after]) : nil
+    after_count = File.exists?(resource[:path]) ? lines.select { |l| regex.match(l) }.size : 0
+    if after_count > 1 then
+     raise Puppet::Error, "More than one line in file '#{resource[:path]}' matches after pattern '#{resource[:after]}'"
     end
-  end
 
+    if (after_count == 0)
+
+      File.open(resource[:path], 'a') do |fh|
+        fh.puts resource[:line]
+      end
+
+    else
+
+      File.open(resource[:path], 'w') do |fh|
+        lines.each do |l|
+          fh.puts(l)
+          if regex.match(l) then
+            fh.puts(resource[:line])
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+    end
+
+  end
 
 end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/file_line.rb b/lib/puppet/type/file_line.rb
index 14946bb..323fc4c 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/file_line.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/file_line.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:file_line) do
     newvalues(true, false)
   end
 
+  newparam(:after) do
+    desc 'An optional value used to specify the line after which we will add any new lines. (Existing lines are added in place)'
+  end
+
   newparam(:line) do
     desc 'The line to be appended to the file located by the path parameter.'
   end