Re: [Puppet Users] cwd dot folders

Nikolaos Hatzopoulos
Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:06:10 -0000

Yeap that works also

exec { myexectest:
       path        => "/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin",
        cwd         => "/home/user/.ssh",
        creates    => "/home/user/.ssh/test.txt"
        command =>"echo test > test.txt",
}

it needs the absolute path on creates

--Nikos


On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Denmat <tu2bgone@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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