2 files changed, 35 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/file_line/ruby.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/file_line/ruby.rb
index 3cb9f6e..94e7fac 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/file_line/ruby.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/file_line/ruby.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 Puppet::Type.type(:file_line).provide(:ruby) do
-
   def exists?
     lines.find do |line|
       line.chomp == resource[:line].chomp
@@ -8,9 +7,11 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:file_line).provide(:ruby) do
 
   def create
     if resource[:match]
-      handle_create_with_match()
+      handle_create_with_match
+    elsif resource[:after]
+      handle_create_with_after
     else
-      handle_create_without_match()
+      append_line
     end
   end
 
@@ -48,11 +49,35 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:file_line).provide(:ruby) do
     end
   end
 
-  def handle_create_without_match
+  def handle_create_with_after
+    regex = Regexp.new(resource[:after])
+
+    count = lines.count {|l| l.match(regex)}
+
+    case count
+    when 1 # find the line to put our line after
+      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
+    when 0 # append the line to the end of the file
+      append_line
+    else
+      raise Puppet::Error, "#{count} lines match pattern '#{resource[:after]}' in file '#{resource[:path]}'.  One or no line must match the pattern."
+    end
+  end
+
+  ##
+  # append the line to the file.
+  #
+  # @api private
+  def append_line
     File.open(resource[:path], 'a') do |fh|
       fh.puts resource[:line]
     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