Re: Confusion with Variables and Groups

[Erik Williamson]

Thank you so much - moving 'classes' before 'control' did the trick.  I 
had it engrained into my head that 'control' had to be first.

Thanks again -
Erik.

Brendan Strejcek wrote:
> 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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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