Re: [Puppet Users] cwd dot folders

Denmat
Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:53:50 -0000

Check out the "creates" meta parameter.

http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/type.html#exec

Den
On 26/07/2012, at 2:58, Nikolaos Hatzopoulos <nhatzop@gmail.com> wrote:

> this is working:
>
> exec { myexectest:
>     path        => "/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin",
>     cwd         => "/home/user/.ssh",
>     command =>"echo test > test.txt",
>     unless       => "test -e test.txt"
>
> }
>
> the idea was if a file does not exist just execute something I
don''t if there is a better way of doing that
>
> --Nikos
>
> On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:07:49 AM UTC-7, Christopher Wood wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 05:16:01PM -0700, Nikolaos Hatzopoulos wrote:
> >    Hi,
> >
> >    I am trying to
> >    exec { myexectest:
> >        path        => "/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin",
> >        cwd         => "/home/user/.ssh",
> >        command =>"echo test > test.txt",
> >        onlyif       => "test -f test.txt"
>
> I would have wrapped everything up in a shell script and simply named the
shell script as the namevar, but that''s just me.
>
> >    }
> >
> >    it doesnt work any clues why? I think it cannot change directory to
a DOT
> >    directory
>
> Try running the agent in the foreground with debug on, that will give you a
better error message.
>
> /etc/init.d/puppet stop; puppet agent --debug --verbose --no-daemonize
>
> (There are likely better flags, but I use that out of habit.)
>
> >    please HELP!!
> >
> >    --Nikos Hatzopoulos
> >
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