Iteration in editfiles <= progress!

[Chip Seraphine]

Although the cfengine-reference does not mention it, I have discovered
that it is possible to use editfiles on a directory, using the same
syntax as files:.  It works fine, but it dumps a lot of errors:

control:
        actionsequence  = ( editfiles )

editfiles:
        { /tmp/test
                Repository "off"
                Recurse "3"
                Include "testfile"
                AppendIfNoSuchLine "Testing"
        }

The above results in all files name "testfile" 3 levels or less down
under /tmp/test to have the line "Testing" added to them.  The only
problem is that I get this (at -d2):

Begin editing /tmp/test/foo/bar/testfile
Edit action: Repository
cfengine:cuffs: Unknown action in editing of file /tmp/test/foo/bar/testfile
Edit action: Recurse
cfengine:cuffs: Unknown action in editing of file /tmp/test/foo/bar/testfile
Edit action: Include
Edit action: AppendIfNoSuchLine
End editing /tmp/test/foo/bar/testfile

The actions are handled elsewhere, but the actual editing is confused by
the recursion commands.  Again, it edits the files just fine; the only
problem is the "Unknown action in editing of file" messages it spits out.

Is editfiles-recursion an undocumented feature and I should be happy it
works as well as it does, or is it something everybody already knew
about and there is a bug that generates the 'spurious' error messages?


Chip Seraphine wrote:
> I am trying to use cfengine to distribute SSH keys and am attempting to
> do as much as possible within cfengine (as opposed to modules or
> shellouts).  Editfiles seems ideal, since I can use the AppendIfWhatever
> stuff to add a key only when and where it is really needed.
>
> The problem is getting the operation performed on an arbitrary list of
> files (e.g. keys for various users).  An iterator would be perfect since
> I can put the users in:a:list:like:this easily enough, but the iteration
> doesn't seem to work in an editfiles path like this:
>
> { /home/$(user)/.ssh/whatever
>     blah...
> }
>
> Short of something extreme (such as using m4 to autogenerate a cfengine
> file on the fly), how can I get editfiles to run on a list of files
> determined only at runtime?  Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
>
>
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