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Re: How to get cfengine to act like tar


From: Chris Marlow
Subject: Re: How to get cfengine to act like tar
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 12:09:57 -0400

Sorry, Version 2.0.1

-Chris

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Christopher S. Marlow
AIX Infrastructure / 24x7 Security
IBM Global Services SDC-North
marlowc@us.ibm.com
T/L - 446-3253
Phone - 802-769-3253


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Hey - which version are you using?

M


On 30 Sep, Chris Marlow wrote:
> Hey all -
>
> I'm trying to use CFEngine to copy our contrib tools out to 800+
> servers.... The problem I'm running into is this:
>
> I am unable to get the linked directories to copy correctly as links.  I
> can get linked FILES to copy as links, but when I try to copy a linked
> directory, I receive error messages like the following:
>
> -- snip --
> cfengine:axentmgr: Can't stat ../bin2/zipsplit
> cfengine:axentmgr: Will not create directories for a relative filename
> ../bin2/zmore
> Has no invariant meaning
> cfengine:axentmgr: Can't stat ../bin2/zmore
> cfengine:axentmgr: Will not create directories for a relative filename
> ../bin2/znew
> Has no invariant meaning
> cfengine:axentmgr: Can't stat ../bin2/znew
> cfengine: internal error, link type was [] in ImageCopy
> cfengine: internal error, link type was [] in ImageCopy
> cfengine: internal error, link type was [] in ImageCopy
> cfengine: internal error, link type was [] in ImageCopy
> cfengine: internal error, link type was [] in ImageCopy
> cfengine: internal error, link type was [] in ImageCopy
> cfengine: internal error, link type was [] in ImageCopy
> cfengine: internal error, link type was [] in ImageCopy
> cfengine:axentmgr: Will not create directories for a relative filename
> ../../app-defaults
> Has no invariant meaning
> cfengine:axentmgr: Can't stat ../../app-defaults
> cfengine:axentmgr: Will not create directories for a relative filename
> ./X11/app-defaults
> Has no invariant meaning
> -- unsnip --
>
> Anyone run into this before?  The ideal solution would be to have
CFEngine
> acting like the tar command.... Copying files as files / links to files
as
> links to files / links to directories as links to directories.  Does
anyone
> out there have a config file that might be able to accomplish this (or
> something close to it?).
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Chris
>
> --------
> Christopher S. Marlow
> AIX Infrastructure / 24x7 Security
> IBM Global Services SDC-North
> marlowc@us.ibm.com
> T/L - 446-3253
> Phone - 802-769-3253
>
>
>
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