Re: files actions

[Ed Brown]

Thanks Chip, 

I had tried and given up on that earlier, because the second files
action on the same file only got deferred during my test:

Checking file(s) in /var/tmp/foo
Checking file(s) in /var/tmp/foo
cfengine:: Nothing scheduled for files._var_tmp_foo_644_7133__1 (0/1
minutes elapsed)

But it finally occurred to me (after giving it some more thought on
account of your suggestion) that IfElapsed was not getting set to zero
for the test script.  It's working now - thanks!

-Ed



On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 15:46, Chip Seraphine wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 September 2004 15:51, Ed Brown wrote:
> > Hmmm, so NO easy answer I take it....
> 
> In situations like the one you describe below, I generally have two 
> near-identical files: clauses, each with a different action (one for 'fixall' 
> and one for 'create').  Obviously, put the 'create' first or you might get an 
> extra error the first time it runs.
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > If you care enough to create a file, with particular permissions, if it
> > doesn't exist, why wouldn't also want to verify the permissions on the
> > existing file, or continue to verify, as the case may be?   Seems like
> > an odd omission, one that I was surprised to find that neither 'fixall'
> > or 'create' encompasses.   Touching a file every time cfengine runs is
> > clearly not the right solution.
> > 
> > Any chance of addressing this in the future?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > Ed
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 11:18, Ed Brown wrote:
> > > There's probably an easy answer, but at the moment it is eluding me: how
> > > can a file be both created if missing, and have its modes/ownership
> > > verified?  action=create does one, action=fixall does the other,
> > > action=touch gets close, but I don't want the file to be touched
> > > (timestamp updated) every time cfagent runs.
> > > 
> > > thanks,
> > > Ed
> > > 
> > > 
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