protected function writeDsbuildParamsYamlFile($vars)
{
// what are we doing?
$log = usingLog()->startAction("write dsbuildparams.yml");
// what is the path to the file?
$filename = "dsbuildparams.yml";
// write the data
usingYamlFile($filename)->writeDataToFile($vars);
// all done
$log->endAction();
}