Puppet users - Mar 2012 - Puppet Windows exec

Hi,

Is it correct that it''s not possible to excecute Windows Commands
directly with the puppet run?

For example:

exec { ''ExecCreatedFolder'':
       command => "mkdir C:\PuppetOrdner\ExecCreatedFolder",
}




I allways have to bind it with a .bat file right?




file { ''c:/PuppetFolder/puppettest.bat'':
      ensure  => file,
      owner => ''administrator'',
      content  => "mkdir C:\PuppetFolder\BatchCreatedFolder",
      }


exec { ''c:/PuppetFolder/puppettest.bat'':
       require => File[''c:/PuppetFolder/puppettest.bat''],
}

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Hi Jay,
 
> exec { ''ExecCreatedFolder'': 
>        command => "mkdir C:\PuppetOrdner\​ExecCreatedFolder", 
> } 

mkdir is a command implemented by the windows command processor cmd.exe, 
not a callable program. 
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/type.html#exec states that the 
Windows provider can only call executables instead of giving commands to a 
shell.

That said, have you tried something like ''command => "cmd /c
mkdir
c:\test"'' ?

Also, I hope you bring up mkdir purely for the sake of discussion, since 
file { ''C:/test'': ensure => directory } works for creating
directories.

Cheers,
Paul

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On 23 Mrz., 12:16, Paul Tötterman <paul.totter...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Jay,
>
> > exec { ''ExecCreatedFolder'':
> >        command => "mkdir
C:\PuppetOrdner\​ExecCreatedFolder",
> > }
>
> mkdir is a command implemented by the windows command processor cmd.exe,
> not a callable
program.http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/type.html#execstates that
the
> Windows provider can only call executables instead of giving commands to a
> shell.
>
> That said, have you tried something like ''command => "cmd
/c mkdir
> c:\test"'' ?
I tried it and it didn''t work.. but I know what you mean.

It''s OK
>
> Also, I hope you bring up mkdir purely for the sake of discussion, since
> file { ''C:/test'': ensure => directory } works for
creating directories.
Yes, It was just an example :-)
Just to try the ressource exec
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
Thx for your quick answer.

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On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 4:33 AM, Jay Ze
<iltisannihilator@googlemail.com>wrote:
> On 23 Mrz., 12:16, Paul Tötterman <paul.totter...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Jay,
> >
> > > exec { ''ExecCreatedFolder'':
> > >        command => "mkdir
C:\PuppetOrdner\​ExecCreatedFolder",
> > > }
> >
> > mkdir is a command implemented by the windows command processor
cmd.exe,
> > not a callable program.
> http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/type.html#execstates that the
> > Windows provider can only call executables instead of giving commands
to
> a
> > shell.
> >
> > That said, have you tried something like ''command =>
"cmd /c mkdir
> > c:\test"'' ?
> I tried it and it didn''t work.. but I know what you mean.
>
> It''s OK
>
The exec resource requires that command be an absolute path or that you
specify the path parameter to resolve the executable. Since %windir% can
vary across Windows agents, the easiest thing is to do use the agent''s
path
fact:

exec { ''cmd /c echo hello'':
  path => $::path,
  logoutput => true
}

Also note that I didn''t specify a ''.exe'' extension.
Puppet uses both the
%PATH% and %PATHEXT% environment variables to resolve the executable. Or
course, you can specify the extension if you want, e.g. cmd.exe /c echo
hello.
>
> > Also, I hope you bring up mkdir purely for the sake of discussion,
since
> > file { ''C:/test'': ensure => directory } works for
creating directories.
> Yes, It was just an example :-)
> Just to try the ressource exec
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Paul
>
> Thx for your quick answer.
>
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