[Pkg-puppet-devel] Bug#524812: Bug#524812: exec type, creates directive does not create

[Jayen Ashar]

The wiki might be editable, but the type reference page is surely 
generated from the code descriptions (exec.rb:310).

--Jayen

Nigel Kersten wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Jayen Ashar <jayen at science.unsw.edu.au> wrote:
>> thank you for the clarification.  then i this bug is a documentation
>> ambiguity.  i thought the doc was saying puppet creates this file, and so it
>> would be useful if you wanted to execute something exactly once on every
>> machine in your puppet pool.
> 
> The reductivelabs wiki is open to anyone to edit who registers with an
> account. If you have a clarification to make Jayen, I'm sure the rest
> of the community would appreciate it?
> 
> 
> 
>> Tim Stoop wrote:
>>> I'm not a maintainer, but thought I'd help here anyway:
>>>
>>> Op 20-apr-2009, om 6:26 heeft Jayen Ashar het volgende geschreven:
>>>>  exec {
>>>>    "mail jayen at science.unsw.edu.au -s \"kB available on /: `df / | tail
>>>> -n 1 | sed -r 's/ +/    /g' | cut -f4` - `hostname`\"":
>>>>      path => ["/bin", "/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/usr/sbin"],
>>>>      creates => "/var/tmp/partition_usage_20090420";
>>>>  }
>>>>
>>>> does not create /var/tmp/partition_usage_20090420 as advertised and
>>>> executes the command every time puppet runs
>>> Correct, like the manual says: "A file that *this*command* creates."[0]
>>> (emphasis added by me). You'll need to make sure that the command you
>>> execute creates the file. For example by adding "&& touch
>>> /var/tmp/partition_usage_20090420" at the end of the command.
>>>
>>> [0] http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/TypeReference#creates
>>>
>>> --Kind regards,
>>> Met vriendelijke groet,
>>>
>>> Tim Stoop
>>>
>> --
>> Jayen Ashar
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Jayen Ashar 	
Technical Officer	
Computing Center
School of Mathematics and Statistics
M029, Red Center
The University of New South Wales SYDNEY NSW 2052
Ph: + 61 (2) 93857016
Fax: + 61 (2) 93857192
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