Re: Confusion with Variables and Groups

[Brendan Strejcek]

Note that you will probably want to use the AllowRedifinitionOf
special variable to avoid annoying warnings.

Brendan Strejcek wrote:

> This works fine for me:
> 
>     $ cat test.cf 
>     #!/usr/sbin/cfagent -qKf
>     
>     classes:
>         testClass = ( linux )
>     control:
>         actionsequence = ( shellcommands )
>         testClass:: testVar = ( junk )
>     shellcommands:
>         "/bin/echo testVar is ${testVar}"
>     $ ./test.cf 
>     cfengine::/bin/echo testV: testVar is junk
>     $ 
> 
> I think that's a simple case of what you want.
> 
> Erik Williamson wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I've got two classes defined: Com1ConsoleServers & Com2ConsoleServers, 
> > with ConsoleServers being an amalgamation of the two.
> > 
> > In my editfiles section, I currently have a section for each, even 
> > though there's very few differences between the two.  I'd like to tidy 
> > this up;  Is there a way to define variables based on which of the above 
> > classes a machine is in?  This way, instead of this:
> > 
> > editfiles:
> >   Com1ConsoleServers::
> >     <do stuff>
> > 
> >   Com2ConsoleServers::
> >     <do remarkably similar stuff>
> > 
> > I could do this:
> > 
> > editfiles:
> >   Com1ConsoleServers::
> >     <do stuff with $(ComPort) >
> >     <do more stuff with $(ComPort) >
> > 
> > So, as a test case, I tried this (only the important stuff shown):
> > control:
> >   TestClassTest::
> >     BigTestVariable = ( "Wooooo" )
> > 
> > groups:
> >    TestClassTest = ( testhost )
> > 
> > shellcommands:
> >   TestClassTest::
> >     "/bin/echo $(BigTestVariable)"
> > 
> > I didn't expect this to work, and it didn't (got a ) - alas, is there a 
> > way to accomplish this?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Erik.
> > 
> > -- 
> > e r i k   w i l l i a m s o n                     erik@cpsc.ucalgary.ca
> >  system admin . department of computer science . university of calgary
> > 
> > 
> > 
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