Re: '/' is a special character in control section; how do I divide?

[Christian Pearce]

try this.

control:
 
    actionsequence = ( editfiles )
    two = ( ExecResult(/usr/bin/expr 4 / 2) )
 
editfiles:
 
     {
         /tmp/x
         AppendIfNoSuchLine "$(two)"
     }


On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 15:33, John Borwick wrote:
> For cfengine 2.1.10, the following deposits "/bin/sh: -c: option 
> requires an argument" in /tmp/x.  Why?  What can I do to divide numbers 
> in the control section?
> 
> control:
>          actionsequence = ( editfiles )
> 
>      two = ( ExecResult(/bin/sh -c "expr 4/2" ) )
> 
> editfiles:
>          { /tmp/x
>          AppendIfNoSuchLine "$(two)"
>          }
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