Re: action copy options

[Mark . Burgess]

>> 
>> I've tried the following with the purge option set to yes:
>> --------------------------------------------
>> copy:
>>   <cfengine_root>/network  dest=/etc
>>                            r=1
>>                            include=hostname.*
>>                            purge=true
>>                            server=<server_name>
>> --------------------------------------------
>> 
>> But this gives the following result:
>> --------------------------------------------
>> server side              client side
>>   hostname.eri0            hostname.eri0
>> --------------------------------------------
>> It removes all files which are not hostname.eri0... the thing is
>> that I don't want files toto and tutu to be removed.

Then why not 

include=tot include=tutu


also?

 
> Your problem is that you want to delete only some files on the client
> side, and cfengine has no way of specifying that easily. 

I think it does - I think the docs on this could be better. But
try the above.

M


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