Re: trigger process if file copied

[Paul Heinlein]

On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Zeev Fisher wrote:

> I use cfengine to copy some system files like the automounter maps
> and i would to refresh to the automounter daemon only if there was a
> need to copy something from the server.
> 
> Is there an option for doing this ?

Yeah, it's pretty simple. Here's how I handle an analogous situation 
with ntp configuration updates on our Red Hat Linux clients. When the 
config is updates, I define a class called 'restartntp,' which is 
merely calls Red Hat's init script in restart mode.

  copy:
    linux.redhat.ntp_pclient::
      $(master_configs)/ntp/ntp.conf.linux
      server=$(policyhost) dest=/etc/ntp.conf
      m=444 o=root g=root type=sum define=restartntp

  shellcommands:
    linux.redhat.restartntp::
      "/etc/init.d/ntpd restart"

--Paul Heinlein <heinlein@cse.ogi.edu>